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(Re) Made to Order

Say hello to the Order People -- an offshoot of United Stationers Inc., a 79-year-old, $3.8 billion office-supplies wholesaler. John D. Kennedy and his team are developing new, Net-based uses for old, back-end capabilities. Now, can they take your order?READ»

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Leadership: Kick Back and Relax

The ability to relax! That’s what presidential historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin, advises as a necessary attribute of presidential leadership. Kearns, who consults for NBC and was speaking on Tim Russert’s CNBC show, presented a ...READ»

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Create Your Success by Asking What You Can Do for Other People

Interpersonal competence is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success and 42 Rules to Jumpstart Your Professional Success.  If you want to become interpersonally competent, you ...READ»

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What the Election Taught Us About Leadership and Marketing

Barack Obama's historic landslide victory provides many lessons about leadership--and about successful marketing. To name some of them: A transformative, emotion-based, positive campaign will trump a narrow,negative, ...READ»

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Why Are the Majority of Things We Consume Inherently Unsustainable?

Although we've made great strides in sustainability--Wal-Mart, for example, has taken a huge step forward by setting a new standard for green manufacturing with its Sustainable Product Index--the majority of products, buildings, and ...READ»