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[Tips for CEOs] Practice, Practice, Practice

Steve Jobs on a bad day is a better presenter than 99% of the stage show CEOs in the world.

Is it his theme setting, demonstrated enthusiasm, using an outline, and ability to make numbers meaningful as suggested by communications coach Carmine Gallo’s post “Deliver a Presentation like Steve Jobs?”

No.

And men’s NBA shooting star extraordinaire Dirk Nowitzki – he of the pirouettes and one-footed shots and upset NBA championship by his Dallas Mavericks over the heavily favored Miami Heat.… Read the rest

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“No” – and Other Amazing Words of Power

The challenge when you’re running a company is to provide context; while short and sweet is great, most of the time it falls flat without some background when you’re laying out direction and mission.

CEO’s know most of the stuff in their heads. They live with the challenges, direction, obstacles, and enablers all the time. I’m sometimes surprised that CEO’s don’t set plates for those things at Thanksgiving as honored guests. … Read the rest

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How to Be A (Good) CEO: Reed Hastings Whiffs A (Rare) Point

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is easy to admire.

The video content distribution company he founded stared bigger companies – Blockbuster, WalMart come to mind – in the eye and outperformed them when the business was a DVD market. As technology evolved away from DVD distribution to streaming video Hastings has astutely guided NetFlix through that transformation into another market leading position.… Read the rest

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Different Rules for Different Employees? Expect Different Behaviors

In the land (perhaps) of no surprises, it turns out the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has one set of ethics guidelines for rank and file and a different set for the 24 executive directors who oversee the organization. As in the rules for the rank and file don’t apply to the senior execs.

If the IMF moniker doesn’t ring bells, last week IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested for alleged rape of a hotel maid.… Read the rest