Robert E. Lee


Leadership Under Fire

How do you deal with talented but undisciplined subordinates? How do you handle people who aren't there when you need them -- particularly if you need th...  Read story

Corps Values

The U.S. Marines are trained to make split-second decisions based on incomplete information, in life-or-death situations. Can they provide clues to running a...  Read story

Character and Caring: Business Lessons from Three Military Officers

Military metaphors abound in the world of business. Companies rarely enter new markets; they usually "invade" them. When businesses ponder geographic expa...  Read story

A New Leaf

Can you really learn to think differently? According to three new books, the answer is yes.  Read story

Selling Out

National Content Liquidators makes its profits when other companies have lost theirs.  Read story

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Behind the headlines -- the news of last month's gross national products, the endless debates about industrial policy and protective tariffs, the stories ...  Read story

Managing from A to Z

Looking for a metaphor for business? As our A-to-Z compendium of similes and analogies will show, any metaphor you can think of has probably been used before.  Read story

Smokenders Kicked Its Bureaucratic Habits

Founder Jacquelyn Rogers almost went bankrupt before new managers cut the company down to size.  Read story

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