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How Mormons Have Shaped Modern Management
Romney has said his passion flows from his Mormon faith–many of the most influential management thinkers can say the same.
If I Read One More Platitude-Filled Mission Statement, I’ll Scream
Bland mission statements are worse than boring; they confuse your strategy.
The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Why don’t successful people and organizations automatically become very successful? One important explanation is due to what I call "the…
Stephen R. Covey Taught Me Not to Be Like Him
Stephen R. Covey, the author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, died yesterday. In a testament to his…
If You Don’t Prioritize Your Life, Someone Else Will
"A ‘no’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid…
Can We Reverse The Stanford Prison Experiment?
When I met for lunch with Dr. Phil Zimbardo, the former president of the American Psychological Association, I knew him…
The Unimportance of Practically Everything
A friend of mine is the Executive Director for an organization with global reach. He is intelligent and driven, but…
The One Thing CEOs Need to Learn from Apple
A few weeks before Steve Jobs passed away, I was at Apple having lunch with a leader there. We revisited…
