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Stories by: John Baldoni

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    Don’t Lead with Your Ego 05 September, 2008 11:44:00

    Why do organizations fail? That is a question that business school professors use to provoke students to investigate reasons why companies did not fulfil expectations. One reason that noted author and global consultant Ram Charan gives, and has written extensively about, is a failure of execution. Companies dream big, but the rest of the organization never embraces that dream and it fails
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    Why Leaders Must Evolve 14 December, 2007 11:14:13

    Your leadership success increasingly depends on your ability to adapt to changing times.
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    Great Leaders Build Off Great Relationships 09 November, 2007 12:11:51

    How to improve your leadership abilities by using relationship building and collaboration.
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    Smile As You Lead 02 November, 2007 12:07:04

    Smiling can be a valuable leadership trait, but the truth is, many leaders forget to do it. Here's a reminder for using your smile to a leadership advantage.
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    Situational Awareness 101 19 October, 2007 12:36:23

    Fighter pilots have it. CIOs need it. Without a sense of situational awareness--knowing where you are, what you can do and how to do it--a leader is flying blind when it comes to decision making.
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    Ingenuity: The Spark That Belongs to Everyone 10 August, 2007 13:11:52

    From the Jesuits to NASA to Google you'll find examples of ingenuity leading to success
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    Questions to Make You a Better Leader 20 July, 2007 12:35:50

    Take an example from the famed leadership consultant Ram Charan.
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    Go or No Go? That's a Leadership Decision 07 December, 2006 13:03:02

    Decisions have consequences, and sometimes become our most important life lessons, especially for leaders
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    Where's Your Garage? 16 November, 2006 14:26:22

    It's probably not the motor oil fumes or the pitter-patter of mice feet that makes garages such hotbeds of innovation. But every inventor needs a place to work. Is your organization providing that?
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    The Case for Advocacy 09 October, 2006 12:17:21

    Good leaders advocate for their own initiatives. And sometimes help others advocate for them
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    Make It Count! 03 October, 2006 13:54:17

    Your strength of character in the face of adversity says a lot about you as a leader. Turning a defeat into a positive experience says even more.
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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