When Henry Ford announced Five-Dollar Day in 1914, it created a
sensation. Overnight, the Ford Motor Co. would double the standard wage
of automobile workers. Why did...
In 1992, Mike Schwartz walked into a Harley-Davidson dealership in
Delaware … and learned that he’d have to wait a year and half for his
bike. Convinced...
When he acquired high-end lawn mower manufacturer Snapper in 2002, CEO
Jim Wier’s lowest-priced machine sold for about $350. Because Wal-Mart
also sold six other...
Professional football teams are fairly evenly matched. What makes the difference between winners and losers is leadership. John C. Maxwell calls it the Law of the Edge,...
In 1973, the U.S. Army training manual outlined a leadership philosophy
called “Be, Know and Do.” Over the years, a number of leaders have
credited that...
When former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani spoke at a conference
hosted by the Center for Creative Leadership last year, he named six
essential qualities of great...
Someone once advised Marcy Blochowiak, head of the Georgia-based financial services marketing firm World Financial Group, that she would have to lead herself before she...
In 1953, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis played London’s Palladium, the
first appearance in England for what back then was America’s top
entertainment act. The...
Leaders run a high risk of burnout as they move from one real-world challenge to the next. Stay strong by realizing that you need to continually learn and grow in three...
When John H. Slade died, one obituary made a telling error in saying that he
had worked at Bear Stearns for “seven centuries.” Actually, it was only
seven...
For a while now, General Electric’s top dogs have been studying
companies they admire, like Dell and Toyota, seeing how they do things
and trying to figure out...
In his latest book, Why Decisions Fail,
scholar Paul C. Nutt analyzes 15 disastrous courses of action, from
Ford’s defense of the flammable Pinto to...
Sometimes, a leader’s duty is simply to ensure the institution’s
survival. In the case of Queen Elizabeth II, her duty is to preserve
the British monarchy,...
Procter & Gamble Chairman and CEO A.G. Lafley tells a tale of
getting down to core issues when a valuable employee wants to leave. It happened when Lafley once resigned...
Issue: Most people remain silent in the face of minor disrespectful incidents at work. Risk: Your silence can be interpreted as acceptance of the other person's...
