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Live in the Past and be Lost in the Future

August 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog, Business Ethics, Business Management

How Bureaucracy Sabotages Corporate Success and What You Can do to Avoid It
The most deleterious inhibitor of consistent achievement by an organization is an entrenched bureaucratic culture. Like a creeping malaise that builds and strengthens over time, bureaucratic management, with its insincere, insecure, incompetent and incoherent actions, creates an unhealthy and unhappy work environment that [...]

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Leadership and Management Lessons in Life

May 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Business Ethics, Business Management

Achieving success in any business career is predicated upon developing effective techniques of leadership and management. So it is no wonder that so much time, energy and money is expended on learning the secrets to effective leadership and management.
It has been said that making money expounding on leadership and management by writing books, consulting and [...]

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Executive Pay Caps and Bonus Hocus-Pocus

February 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Blog, Business Ethics, Business Management, Financial Services

When young people are faced with a vexing problem or frustrated by a situation that is seemingly out of their control, they sometimes lash out at anything near, even though it may not be the cause or solution to the problem.
Most mature adults know better. They have learned to accept responsibility for the harsh realities [...]

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