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From the Web: More Companies Accentuate the Positive Instead of GAAP Results
Companies are increasingly accentuating the positive elements in their financial results, and trying to downplay the less flattering numbers. As the New York Times reports, regulators still require ...
CEO Candidates Increasingly Face Simulation Test Before Getting the Job
What if you could use a simulation to test a potential CEO's capacity to do the job? It is an idea that is catching on, according to an April 22 article published in the Harvard Business Review. In ...
Meditation Can Help You Lead More Effectively: Opinion
Today's "always on" work culture is taking a heavy toll on leaders, but McKinsey & Co.'s Manish Chopra believes he has a solution: meditation. Leaders need to "observe more, react less," Chopra ...
Leadership Lessons Learned: Nationwide’s Miller on the Importance of Ambiguity
Every executive who successfully seals a deal, launches a product or tests an innovative idea also makes mistakes at some time during his or her career. Here, Michael Miller, President of Nationwide ...
Insurance Customers, and How to Keep Them by Using Connected Technology
It seems that no matter the industry, customer expectations for personalized service are high, and getting higher. Insurance customers now commonly make comparisons based on experiences in other ...
Watch This Video: How Introverted People Can Become Leaders
You might not think introverted people could become leaders. But they most certainly can if they approach their job with a sense of urgency and passion, Patricia Henry, global government affairs ...
Watch This Video: ‘Executive Presence’ Explained
What is executive presence? Some say that true leaders have it—a collection of qualities that prove someone should be in charge. The video to the right gives you some idea of how to measure it. In ...
Click to Listen: Servant Leadership Can Lure Millennials and More
Executives who practice "servant leadership" focus on encouraging and supporting their employees, with a collaborative focus on helping them realize their full potential. The concept may sound too ...