1. “It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.” 2. “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the […]
Armstrong has denied for many years that he used performance enhancing drugs of any kind. However, the mountain of evidence brought against Armstrong over recent months has become overwhelming and when he decided not to fight the USADA charges, his seven Tour de France titles were stripped. Through all of this Armstrong remained unrepentant. He […]
(There have been discussions…) his son Rishad will never be the chief executive of his company Wipro, but will represent promoter ownership on the company’s board. Rishad, 35, joined Wipro in 2007 as business head for special projects in the banking and financial services vertical and rose to become chief strategy officer three years later. […]
Jimmy Pattison has come to lunch with sex on his mind. That’s celebrity sex, the kind dished out in salacious slices by supermarket gossip magazines, with headlines promising to disclose the carnal exploits of Jen, Brangelina and the Kardashians. It’s not the fare normally associated with a God-fearing 84-year-old billionaire whose first job was as […]
The First Rule of Brainstorming: Suspend Disbelief (By ADAM BRYANT) This interview with Kon Leong, co-founder, president and chief executive of ZL Technologies, an e-mail and file archiving company, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Kon Leong is co-founder, president and chief executive of ZL Technologies, an e-mail and file archiving company based in […]
Here are some dumbest business mistakes of the year 2012 made by few wisest people in the world, as listed by DailyFinance.com. 1. Sean Menke, former CEO, Pinnacle Airlines No one except Sean Menke, former CEO of Pinnacle Airlines can top the list. Pinnacle Airlines is an American airline, which is a subsidiary of Pinnacle […]
A friend of mine recently came back from a trip to Australia, where he simply marveled at the predominant “can-do” attitude that existed throughout the country. His enthusiasm was shocking to me only in that as I reflected on the last year, I realized how many people I had encountered who were obsessed with what […]
It means being awake during a part of the day when there are few distractions. It means reacting to the biggest news of the day while others are dreaming. And in the evening you have the option to work late too — or to get to sleep early while others are partying and watching TV. […]
Six Sigma is not for the feint of heart. It takes courage to attack chronic problems no one has been able to solve. It takes true grit to define and collect the data needed for new insights. And, it takes staying power to see solutions become the new way of working. Is every company ready […]
In the first several years of Facebook’s existence, multiple journalists portrayed Mark Zuckerberg and his friends as party lovers who would code all day and stay up all night. Mark liked to have fun just as much as any other college freshman, but he was also very focused. He knew that he needed to keep […]
Confident that aspiring corporate leaders want to worship more than just the almighty dollar, Catholic University of America is creating a new business school. Catholic University of America’s new School of Business and Economics infuses an education in strategy, accounting and marketing with morals, character and religious values. WSJ’s Melissa Korn reports. Photo: Catholic University […]
Nearly three hundred years ago Benjamin Franklin came up with an approach to changing habits that has yet to be surpassed. A young adult seeking to straighten out his act, Franklin developed a list of thirteen virtues, jotting down a brief definition of each. These were character traits he took to be important, but in […]
As humans we seem to have an infinite capacity to live in denial. Whilst denial is a commonly used coping mechanism, it’s deadly for leaders. Surprisingly, it’s not uncommon to find leaders living in denial, failing to face a threatening shift in reality, a changing marketplace or changing customer expectations. Unfortunately many leaders ignore or […]
If an MBA should prepare students for anything, it’s running a company well. Plenty of research, however, claims that it doesn’t. But new research calls those findings into question, suggesting that MBAs are significantly less likely to be among the most ineffective corporate leaders. The research is from Chief Executive magazine and Applied Finance Group, […]
Ranjan Das, CEO and MD of SAP Indian subcontinent died after a massive cardiac arrest in Mumbai . One of the youngest CEOs, he was just 42 year old A few months ago, many of us heard about the sad demise of Ranjan Das from Bandra, Mumbai. He was very active in sports, was a […]
Many would tend to disbelieve it if I say that we are under watch and ward of the supreme divine power. There is a famous story of an Indian saint Kanakadasa of Karnataka that bears testimony to the omnipresence of divinity. Kanakadasa, who belonged to the backward caste, was a devotee of Lord Krishna. He […]
Business schools need to produce leaders for the many, not the few, says Ken Starkey, a professor at Nottingham University Business School WHAT are the three hardest words for a business leader to speak? Probably “I don’t know”. Business leaders are encouraged to exhibit confidence, competence and omniscience. But this leads to only two possible […]
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