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Why Banks Should Focus on Culture, Now More Than Ever
Over the past several months government agencies and business leaders have begun an intense and very public debate about how to prevent another financial meltdown, and another bailout, now that the global economy seems to be headed for recovery. The big … Continue reading
Special Free eBook Download – FASTBREAK: The CEO’s Guide to Strategy Execution
To every person there comes in their lifetime that special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy … Continue reading
Posted in consulting, corporate culture, Human Psychology, John R Childress, leadership, Organization Behavior, Personal Development, strategy execution, the business of business
Tagged alignment, alix partners, Amazon Kindle, Bob Dangremond, Corporate Culture, culture change, Fastbreak, Frank Tempesta, Free Download, Joe Bione, Kindle, Kindle ebooks, leadership teams, Textron, Winston Churchill
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FASTBREAK now a Kindle eBook
Announcement: My recent business book: FASTBREAK: The CEO’s Guide to Strategy Execution, is now a Kindle eBook and can be easily downloaded to the iPad or PC (with free Kindle app) or to your Kindle reader from both Amazon.com and … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon.com, business, business books, Corporate Culture, culture change, Fastbreak, Jack Welch, Kindle, Kindle ebooks, leadership team, McKinsey, McKinsey study on strategy
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Strategy+Culture: A New LinkedIn Group
About two months or so ago I started a LinkedIn Group, Strategy+Culture. This is a fully managed group, with an independent manager to facilitate discussions and help keep the topics on track. Currently we have over 1,000 members and the … Continue reading
New Year Resolutions and Change Management
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ~Aristotle After living for over 6 decades, I think I am an expert, or at least experienced enough, in New Year Resolutions. As for myself, … Continue reading
Posted in corporate culture, Human Psychology, John R Childress, John's views on the world, leadership, Life Skills, Organization Behavior, Psychology, strategy execution
Tagged arm cross, cultural habits, culture change, habits, mental habits, New Year Resolutions, physical habits, Thomas D. Willhite
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FASTBREAK Strategy Execution . . . An Introduction
(This is an excerpt from the introduction of my forthcoming book, FASTBREAK: The CEO’s Guide to Strategy Execution, which will be available in early Jan. 2013 on Amazon and Kindle) When I was in high school in the 1960s I … Continue reading
In the beginning was the Word . . .
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another. -Napoleon Hill There is much talk lately about corporate culture and its impact on business and … Continue reading
Posted in consulting, corporate culture, Human Psychology, John R Childress, leadership, Organization Behavior, Personal Development, strategy execution
Tagged Accountability, culture change, Customer Service, DNA, In Search of Excellence, Napoleon Hill, shadow of the leader, Tom Peters, Zappos
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Why Banks Should Focus on Culture Now More Than Ever!
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures, the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bailouts, Banking Crisis, Big Banks, Broken Banks, culture change, Culture of Banking, Goldman Sachs, Gordon Gecko, Greed, Greg Smith, shadow of the leader, Vampire Squid
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Culture Eats Strategy ? ? ?
A culture of discipline is not a principle of business; it is a principle of greatness – Jim Collins Recently Fast Company.com magazine published an article entitled Culture Eats Strategy. The article, quoting the phenomenal success of such companies as Zappos, … Continue reading
