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Why Is it So Hard to Be Kind?

BY William Taylor
Relevancy Score: 40

Every so often, you have a small experience in business that teaches big lessons about what really separates winners from losers. I had one of those experiences a few weeks ago, involving my father and a Cadillac dealer.READ»

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Tribune's Troubles: Why Frat Boys Make Lousy Change Agents

BY William Taylor
Relevancy Score: 32

Every once in a while, I encounter the face of business at its worst, and see the damage done when remarkably untalented people make tough situations even worse and destroy value in the process.READ»

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Brand Is Culture, Culture Is Brand

BY William Taylor
Relevancy Score: 37

The most creative business leaders I know recognize that success is not just about marketing differently from other companies. It is also, and perhaps more importantly, about caring more than other companies--about customers, about colleagues, about how the organization conducts itself in a world with endless opportunities to cut corners and compromise on values.READ»

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How I Downsized Myself

BY William Taylor
Relevancy Score: 44

After 22 weeks of dieting, I keep thinking back to a much-discussed article we published more than five years ago in Fast Company. Called "Change or Die." It was a bracing reminder of how hard it is for people to make deep-seated changes in their habits, even when they know the price of failure may be death.READ»

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The New York Times Is Dead Wrong

BY William Taylor
Relevancy Score: 40

Consider this amazing statistic: For the month of August, "The New York Times" ran 78 obituaries, but only six were of women. For 2010 as a whole, the Times has published 698 obituaries--and only 92 were of women.READ»

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Do You Pass the Leadership Test?

BY William Taylor
Relevancy Score: 36

The true mark of a leader is the willingness to stick with a bold course of action--an unconventional business strategy, a unique product-development roadmap, a controversial marketing campaign--even as the rest of the world wonders why you're not marching in step with the status quo.READ»

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Where Have All the Business Heroes Gone?

BY William Taylor
Relevancy Score: 35

As we try to make sense of the sorry state of American business leadership today, the real issue isn't, Where have the corporate heroes gone? The issue is, How do we know a corporate hero when we see one?READ»

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Does Your Job Title Get the Job Done?

BY William Taylor
Relevancy Score: 48

The Economist recently took aim at the rampant inflation of job titles in companies and governments around the world. The winner was North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, who has 1,200 official titles. It's hard not to laugh--but it's also possible to overlook the serious side of why it matters how people describe what they do and how organizations describe what gets done.READ»

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If Your Company Went Out of Business, Would Anybody Notice?

BY William Taylor
Relevancy Score: 39

One of the truly jarring dimensions of the Great Recession is the death sentence it has imposed on of hundreds of brands, even whole companies, that were once familiar parts of the business landscape. The fact that "going out of business" has become such a growth business got me thinking about that question I heard years ago from advertising legend Roy Spence.READ»

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Summer Reading Picks From Dan Pink, Seth Godin, Eliot Spitzer, and More

BY William Taylor
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As summer arrives, there's the hope that we can carve out a bit of time to read one or two books that may leave a mark after we've returned to the grind. I reached out to a diverse collection of thinkers, writers, and entrepreneurs and asked what non-business writing has had a big impact on them. They sent back an intriguing collection of fiction, science fiction, and history books.READ»

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Why We (Shouldn't) Hate HR

BY William Taylor
Relevancy Score: 34

Whenever I talk to an HR audience, there's someone at the event who wants to talk about an article we published in Fast Company back in 2005. The essay, designed to stir up discussion, was titled "Why We Hate HR"--and it's left a mark.READ»

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What Surprising Number Will Change Your Business?

BY William Taylor
Relevancy Score: 71

Numbers are the universal language of business. We use them to attract investors for our startup ideas, to win approval for product introductions, to make the case for expanding into new markets or entering new categories. In other ...READ»

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MIX It Up! Why Freedom Is a Bigger Game Than Power

BY William C. Taylor
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In May, Fortune published its annual "Fortune 500" issue devoted to America's largest corporations. It's full of reports on huge companies, billion-dollar legal battles, and supremely confident executives who talk a good game and ...READ»

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Should We Stick Cows on Treadmills to Generate Electricity?

BY Ariel Schwartz
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Energy-generating treadmills for humans? Been there, done that. William Taylor, a farmer in Northern Ireland, has decided to put idle cows on treadmills to produce power for his farm, according to Popular Science. The inclined belt ...READ»

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Be the Priest, Build the Church

BY Chris Brogan
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When you make your own game, you have the opportunity to build a platform. What you DO with that platform is up to you.READ»

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Zappos and Personal Branding

BY Wendy Marx
Relevancy Score: 100

I’ve written a lot here about the “hall of shamers,” companies that forget that customer service is their most powerful branding tool just as it is for personal branders. All of which made me all the more pleased when I ...READ»

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Fast 50 Video

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 50

Watch the Fast 50 Video Watch this two-minute video and find out how -- and why -- the Fast 50 began. Click on one of the following links to download the video in your preferred Web video format. Quicktime ...READ»

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The Power of Words

BY Fast Company
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We're hurt, angry, confused, sad. Where do we turn to make sense of what's happened -- and to move forward? To poets, songwriters, philosophers, and historical figures. Add your favorite quote here.READ»

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Add Your Voice

BY Fast Company
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Last week, Fast Company readers from as far away as Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore expressed their revulsion and offered their support. Read their thoughts and then add your own reflections and suggestions.READ»

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How Do I Begin Again?

BY Fast Company
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A special message to our readers.READ»

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Fast Company Book Reviews

BY Fast Company
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Book reviews previously featured on fastcompany.com.READ»

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Contributors

BY <cite>Fast Company</cite> Staff
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Peter Yang After majoring in journalism at the University of Texas, Yang spent four years at a newspaper in Austin. “It was a great experience shooting three assignments a day,” the 29-year-old photographer says. ...READ»

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More Recommended Reading

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 100

Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win By William C. Taylor & Polly LaBarre William Morrow, October 2006 An excerpt from the new book by Fast Company's cofounder: When it comes to thriving in a ...READ»

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Barbara Kux

BY William Taylor
Relevancy Score: 25

Don't think of Barbara Kux as one of the rising stars in European business - although, at 39, and a high-ranking line manager at Nestlé, she certainly is that.READ»

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Start the Revolution (Again!)

BY Michael A. Prospero
Relevancy Score: 58

With our November 2005 issue, Fast Company will celebrate 10 years of publication. Each month until then, we'll review our favorite editions from the first decade.READ»

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