Thorsten Heins’ New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan as CEO of RIM (Blackberry)
Thorsten Heins’ New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan as CEO of RIM (Blackberry)

Image via Wikipedia   RIM/Blackberry's shareholders and customers should be scared.  They are watching a train wreck happen in slow motion.  This is a company that is in trouble.  It…

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Merging Cultures Post-Acquisition at Fujitsu America
Merging Cultures Post-Acquisition at Fujitsu America

Doye was helped by the team’s general consensus that one of the new hires was not fitting culturally. Moving on that new hire was step one. From there, Doye changed out…

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Onboarding as an Individual Contributor
Onboarding as an Individual Contributor

Both leaders and individual contributors build teams by inspiring and enabling others. Individual contributors need to rely even more heavily on influencing skills across the five building blocks of a…

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Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson’s New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan
Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson’s New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan

Sometimes new leaders can take their time onboarding into new positions. Sometimes new leaders start new jobs as if they’re jumping onboard moving trains and must accelerate just to land.…

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Leadership Lessons from the World’s Top Companies: 2011 Year in Review
Leadership Lessons from the World’s Top Companies: 2011 Year in Review

As you undertake a new job, keep in mind the three steps which will help you succeed: Get a head start. Manage the message. Build the team.

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Twenty Four BRAVE Frameworks for a Happy New Year
Twenty Four BRAVE Frameworks for a Happy New Year

Happy New Year!  My gift to you is 24 BRAVE frameworks that can help make your coming year happier.  Headlines here.  Click through to the original articles (on a combination…

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Leading by Example with Flames of Giving

Almost two decades ago.  Sari was looking for ways to make her children more aware of and more connected with the community around them.  She knew there were others in…

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Kim Jong Un’s Challenges in Taking Over the Family Business (North Korea)
Kim Jong Un’s Challenges in Taking Over the Family Business (North Korea)

In taking over a family business, you must map beyond what you can easily see and choose your timing very carefully.

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The Next First (and Only) 100 Days
The Next First (and Only) 100 Days

Cover of Franklin D. Roosevelt In his recent New York Times column, The Next First (and Only) 100 Days, Thomas Friedman makes the point that Since F.D.R., we’ve measured presidents…

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