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An 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…
Read MoreMilitary work — like business — is risky, pressured, and fast-changing. It calls for absolute clarity about the mission, extraordinary adaptability, and precise management of complex systems. To those such as I with a special interest in business lessons to…
Read MoreHere is a brief excerpt from an article written by Nancy F. Koehn that appeared in The New York Times in which she discusses Rachel Carson, one of the great heroines of the 20th century whose heritage was multi-faceted and…
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“It Don’t Cost Nuthin’ to be Nice” Paul (Bear) Bryant
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…
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