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In the late 1990s, a group of midlevel students at GE’s Crotonville leadership institute challenged him, saying that the “#1, #2, fix, close, or sell” strategy was hurting the company because executives were gaming the system.
Warren G. Bennis • Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls
Look for Leaders Everywhere
Willis Johnson • Junk to Gold: From Salvage to the World’S Largest Online Auto Auction
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Peter F. Drucker • The Daily Drucker: 366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done
“Georgie is one of the best generals I have. But he’s just like a time bomb. You never know when he’s going to go off. All you can be sure of is that it will probably be in the wrong place at the wrong time.”73
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
She builds her own management systems, like a personal cheat sheet for products and styles and a directory of her favorite local studios and instructors.
A. G. Lafley • Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works
In the realm of high tech, pragmatist CEOs are not common, and those there are, true to their type, tend to keep a relatively low profile. Dan Warmenhoven at NetApp, Jeff Weiner at LinkedIn, John Chen at Sybase, John Donahoe at eBay, even such visible leaders as Meg Whitman at HP and Michael Dell at Dell—low on drama, high on integrity and commitme
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