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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»

Kenan Samms

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»

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»