Top Leadership Movies

Top leadership movies...you may be thinking "can anything about leadership actually be learned by watching movies?" You bet. I was recently asked for my opinion about which movies I felt were the top leadership movies of all time. After thinking about my answer for a few minutes, I realized that while not all leaders are fans of cinema, all leaders can certainly learn valuable leadership lessons…

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Common Website Mistakes

For years now I have consistently received inquiries from CEOs who wonder why their web initiatives are falling short of reaching their objectives. Because most of these inquiries come from executives suffering from web maladies of a similar nature, I decided to put forth a list of what I consider to be the 20 most common website mistakes hindering success on the Internet. The sad part about the…

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Trust and CEOs

If you're a CEO, are you trusted? If you're not the CEO, do you trust your chief executive? Steve Rubel, the Director of Insights for Edelman Digital, and one of my favorite bloggers (Micro Persuasion blog) was recently quoted as saying "People have not trusted CEOs for years, and especially not for the last 12 months." I normally tend to agree with Steve, and regrettably, I must admit that he…

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Who is Brian Deese?

Do you know who Brian Deese is? I didn't have a clue until Monday when I read a very disconcerting New York Times article entitled: "The 31-Year-Old in Charge of Dismantling GM." Well, Brian Deese is in fact the 31-year old staffer for President Obama referenced in the aforementioned article, and who also happens to be the primary influencer/driver behind the policy decisions now guiding GM. This…

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Workforce Reduction…

Workforce reduction is not an operating strategy...Regrettably, tough economic times are often the precursor for ushering in massive rounds of corporate downsizing, rightsizing, layoffs, corporate restructurings, and the like. Reducing headcount in an economic downturn is almost a Pavlovian response for many executives. It's as if workforce reduction is priority number one in some corporate…

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The Truth About PR

Much to the chagrin of traditional PR firms, the practice of public relations is changing faster than most firms can keep pace with. If the image to the left even remotely resembles how you feel when you interact with your PR firm, then it's time to rethink things...Traditional firms who define their practice by writing press releases and conducting media pitches are seeing clients jump ship…

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