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Where don't we want to go, and how do you get there? Instead of looking for success, make a list of how to fail instead -- through sloth, envy, resentment, self-pity, entitlement, and the mental habits of self-defeat. Avoid these qualities and you will have success. Tell
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Sometimes the obvious is worth repeating: You need to know who your customers are and what you are offering them. If it is rock-bottom prices, you need to be cheaper than anyone else. If it is a glitzy department store, glitz is what you have to provide. (...) Customers may
International and Cross-cultural
This was a pathbreaking collaborative enterprise, launched that year as a 50–50 joint venture between Groupe Danone — the US$16 billion multinational yogurt maker — and the Grameen companies Yunus had cofounded. Yunus called the joint venture a “social business,” which he said could be a pioneering model for
leadership
Please spare us the "perfect storm" metaphor. It's hackneyed, for starters. It doesn't square with the facts. And for people who fancy themselves leaders, it's downright unbecoming. The reason the perfect storm is such an appealing metaphor for these shipwrecked captains of
Manage the business
A trans-Atlantic culture clash at Alcatel-Lucent, the French-American telecommunications equipment maker created in a $10.7 billion merger two years ago, hit home when the company’s top two executives said they would step down. Patricia F. Russo, the American chief executive, and Serge Tchuruk, the French
leadership
In a rare appearance together on the same stage at the same time, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs discussed each other's contributions to the technology industry.Bill Gates and Steve Jobs discussed each other's contributions to the technology industry. All Things Digital hosted the event and
International and Cross-cultural
When he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year, Yunus said that Grameen Bank had lent nearly $6 billion over the last 30 years in loans that average $130 each. A key stipulation of the program is that its loans must be for income-producing activities, not consumption. But,
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As founder of the Grameen Bank receives Nobel Peace Prize, the profile of microcredit lending grows Bangladeshi Economist Claims Nobel Peace Prize [Real Player] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6605060 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony 2006 [Windows Media Player] http://nobelprize.org/award_ceremonies/ceremony_oslo/
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[missing paragraph is copied below] Mintzberg argues that the best kind of leader doesn't try to effect much change. Rather, she functions like a queen bee, which "does nothing but make babies and exude a chemical that keeps everything together." It is the other bees that