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The way I heard it, Coach Bryant told the following story at a Touchdown Club meeting many years before his death. * * * I had just been named the new head coach at Alabama and was off in my…
Read MoreAn interview of Peter B. Vaill conducted by Kerry A. Bunker and Laura Curnutt Santana is included in Extraordinary Leadership: Addressing the Gaps in Senior Executive Development published by Jossey-Bass (2010). Here is a brief excerpt: “By ‘permanent white water,’…
Read MoreHere is a brief excerpt from an article from The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company and written by Ananth Narayanan, Asutosh Padhi, and Jim Williams, in which they explain how leading companies combine insights about customers, competitors, and…
Read MoreHere is an excerpt from an article written by Nate Steere for mint.com. When I stumbled upon it, I was informed that Mint “makes your life easier. At Mint, we believe money is for living. So we make everything simple…
Read MoreHere is an excerpt from an article written by Tony Schwartz for the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * No…
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Russell L. Ackoff on “cleaning up messes”
In Redesigning the Future: Systems Approach to Societal Problems published by John S. Wiley & Sons (1974), Russell L. Ackoff provides a number of valuable insights when discussing the challenges that leaders face, notably coping with complexities and frustrations created…
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