Leadership Lessons from Donovan McNabb
After five quarters of football on Sunday, November 16, 2008, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Cincinnati Bengals played to a 13-13 tie. This tie was the first the NFL had seen in six years – ties, it seems, are rare in the NFL.
After the game, Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was quoted [...]
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The Best of the Sales Management Blogs
A colleague asked me this week about my first commissioned sales job – he, too, started in sales and worked his way up to management. After a few minutes of friendly banter about old school sales managers and the like, we went back to our regular grind.
Reflecting back [...]
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Holiday Gifts for the Office Crowd
‘tis the season to think about all the people who helped you get where you are today. Whether you are a senior leader or an up-and-coming manager, it’s important for you to thank those who make an impact in your work life. And by “thank,” I mean give them something [...]
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Goldman Leaders Forgo 2008 Bonuses
In a recent email from one of our readers, we were asked to weigh in on the Goldman Sachs Group’s leadership decision to request no bonuses for the current calendar year.
What are your thoughts on the following article? How does this reflect leadership during these troubled times? – Tye Mills
(To [...]
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Leadership Lessons from the President-Elect
As someone who voted for John McCain, I have to admit that (so far) I’m impressed by one of the leadership moves proposed by President-elect Barack Obama. It looks like Obama may build his Cabinet with those who often disagree with him.
Throughout the campaign, Obama seemed like someone who would [...]
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Management Training Blogs – The Best of the Best
As is a semi-regular custom here, the editors of AskTheManager.com scoured the billions of pages of the World Wide Web to bring you the best Management Training-related blog posts and articles for past few weeks.
The pickings are slim here, folks. This means we either do a [...]
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Circuit City – Another One Bites the Dust
In what might be the least surprising business announcement of 2008, Circuit City filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday.
Wow, really? Color us shocked.
To be honest, we’re a little shocked it took this long. We’re also a little surprised that their creditors aren’t forcing them [...]
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The Best of the Time Management Blogs
Although we already identified the number one time management of all time tool earlier this week (to see this post, follow this link), we felt compelled to scan the blogosphere and deliver to you the best of the Time Management Blogs from the past few weeks.
Time Management Optimization
Simply [...]
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