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Entries from August 31st, 2009

Leadership: How Much Difference Does a Small Difference Make?

August 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Blog, Business Ethics, Business Management

Two thousand years ago the Jews were searching for and anticipating the Savior who would lead them to the Promised Land. And while the messiah was found for much of the religious world, the search for leaders in the secular world continues unabated.
The world seems perennially in need of and in search of great leaders. We  [...]

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Health Care Debate – A Classic Case of Taking Something Simple and Making it Complicated

August 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Blog, Business Ethics, Financial Services, Insurance Marketing

Those of you who know me or have read my books know that one of my pet peeves is the way weak executives and bureaucrats always try to make themselves look better by taking very simple problems and making them very complicated. These people – who are by nature insecure – believe that if they [...]

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Opportunity Squandered by Insurance Industry in Health Care Debate

August 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Blog, Business Ethics, Financial Services, Insurance Marketing

Unless the insurance industry rapidly changes course, its unbounded shortsightedness — combined with its lack of creativity, innovation and courage in the health care debate — will cement its recalcitrant reputation and destroy its opportunity to meaningfully participate in and profit from a system of national health care.
Insurance companies are the perennial whipping-boy for any [...]

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