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Two Branding Gurus Tell Their Side of the Story, Part 2

BY David Brier
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What do you get when you get two industry experts to share their views on branding, from two distinct areas of application? READ»

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Chip Conley Took the Maslow Pyramid, Made It an Employee Pyramid and Saved His Company

BY Kermit Pattison
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Conley, the founder of Joie de Vivre hotel chain, talks to us about how the near-death of his business changed his outlook on leadership, why managers put too much emphasis on money and not enough on meaning, and why it's more important to climb the employee pyramid than the corporate ladder.READ»

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Dan Heath: How to Find Bright Spots

BY Dan Heath
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[video_twistage 1 protect]Let’s say your kid comes home one day and shows you this report card. Anything jump out at you? Well, if you’re like most parents, all you really see is this. And you’d hire a tutor, and your kid would ...READ»

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Letter From the Editor: Think Randomly, Execute Strategically

BY Robert Safian
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A delegation of Scottish CEOs came by our offices recently. They were on a four-day tour of U.S. companies -- Apple, Cisco, and so forth. Their goal was both information and inspiration, about how best to keep their businesses, ...READ»

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Give Them a Story to Tell!

BY Ben Drury
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I recently attended a lecture on marketing and I heard a statistic that as shocking as it was didn’t really surprise me. You see according to a recent study at Durham University, 68% of customers move to a different supplier/provider purely because of the way their first provider treated them. That’s over two thirds of YOUR customers moving to a competitor, not because of your product, but because of the way it was “packaged”. Gone because of something that is totally within your control. How on earth do organisations get it so wrong?READ»

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Is Focus Overrated?

BY Anaezi Modu
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Full disclosure. I probably have undiagnosed ADD. I bet many more of us than we realize will develop ADD if we haven't already, with the relentless stimuli and pounding pressures of our tech-driven times. Back to focus. Why ...READ»

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Are You Paying Attention To Your People?

BY Donna Karlin
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It’s amazing how many get to positions of organizational leadership while lacking emotional intelligence. Lack of or poor EI costs organizations more money than you can imagine. I’ve been quoted as saying “People take jobs ...READ»

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Separating the Cream from the Crap

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Just say "Yes" to Early Adopters, "No" and then "Bye" to Naysayers. READ»

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Two Heads are Better Than

BY Keith Ferrazzi
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For the best business performance, you can’t do everything yourself -- you’ll need partners who support and complement your skills. To find someone who's a good fit, follow a few simple rules.READ»

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You're Fired!

BY Mark Goulston
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Recalling those now famous words that Donald Trump utters at the end of each episode of the Apprentice, I allowed myself to give into my voyeuristic impulses. I also remembered a story about a mentor of mine. Albert Dorskind, former ...READ»

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The wrong question

BY steven sonsino
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A tall, bookish man with little round spectacles sidled up to me during the Wednesday morning coffee break. We were halfway through a week-long leadership workshop at London Business School and I could see him slowly making his ...READ»

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The Clear Leader

BY Bill Breen
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Marcus Buckingham spent two decades studying great business leaders. His conclusion: True leaders have a unique ability to make things simple.READ»

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25 Rules for Leaders

BY Linda Tischler
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Fast Company's recent RealTime San Diego generated a remarkable collection of ideas, tools, and inspirational advice. Here are 25 of the smartest insights that we took away from the event.READ»

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25 Rules for Leaders

BY Linda Tischler
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Fast Company's recent RealTime San Diego generated a remarkable collection of ideas, tools, and inspirational advice. Here are 25 of the smartest insights that we took away from the event.READ»

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Fast Company Library

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Books previously featured in Fast Company (2001)READ»

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Best of the Worst ... Year Ever

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Fast Company's most popular and powerful magazine stories of 2001.READ»

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Book reviews previously featured on fastcompany.com.READ»

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Do You Know Your Own Strength?

BY Polly LaBarre
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Gallup guru Marcus Buckingham advises some of the world's most powerful CEOs. He also helps hard-charging leaders who aren't CEOs make the most of their talents. What would he think of your career choices?READ»

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The Clear Leader

BY Bill Breen
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Marcus Buckingham spent two decades studying great business leaders. His conclusion: True leaders have a unique ability to make things simple.READ»

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Competing on Culture

BY Jena McGregor
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The CEO of Best Buy expands on Buckingham's vignette -- and how an employee-centric strategy can lead to customer-centric performance.READ»

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The Frankenleader Fad

BY Marcus Buckingham
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At many companies, the effort to build good leaders ends up creating patchwork creatures.READ»

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The Strong Shall Inherit the Earth

BY Marcus Buckingham
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In his debut column, the popular author kick-starts the "strengths revolution."READ»

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Feedback

BY Fast Company Staff
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Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

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No Consultant Left Behind

BY Martin Kihn
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Business book authors don't necessarily write at the level of their peers.READ»

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It's a new year. Can we change the conversation?

BY the founding editors
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As 2002 slips into 2003, it's almost a requirement to do an assessment of the year gone by and a forecast of the year to come. By most accounts, 2002 was a "bad" year for business: bad financial results; bad stock-market performances; ...READ»

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