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John Kador
Jul 25, 2018
Inspiration from the Best Commencement Speakers of 2018
Commencement Speech Wisdom Spring brings CEOs and other business worthies to college campuses for the annual rite known as the...

John Kador
Apr 21, 2018
Five Lessons CEOS can Learn from Fighter Pilots
Chief executives, if they are lucky, rarely need the split-second decision-making of fighter pilots, yet, like fighter pilots, CEOs must...


John Kador
Apr 16, 2018
Three Lessons CEOs Can Learn from King Hammurabi
King Hammurabi—of “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” fame—gets a bad rap in business schools. But maybe the management precepts...


John Kador
Apr 3, 2018
CEO QUIZ: Match the CEO to the Commencement Message
Duke University recently announced that Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, will be its 2018 commencement speaker. Apple CEO Tim Cook If the past is...


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Feb 22, 2018
Some Of The Greatest Motivational Quotes From CEOs This Year
Making Social Responsibility Pervasive “It should no longer be just about typical ‘corporate social responsibility’ (or that horrible...
John Kador
Feb 22, 2018
Are You On A Strong- Or Weak-Link Board?
A board member of a Fortune 1000 company recently came to me with his frustration that board decisions were not executed correctly unless...


John Kador
Feb 22, 2018
Unforgiven: The Failed Apology of Equifax CEO Richard Smith
Even a perfect apology doesn’t vaccinate a company against fallout from corporate misbehavior. Two weeks after Equifax chairman and CEO...


John Kador
Feb 22, 2018
The Seven Deadly Sins of Apology
A clumsy bad apology is worse than no apology at all because the clumsiness just reinforces the original offense the apology was meant to...
John Kador
Feb 22, 2018
4 Habits For Building And Sustaining “Value-Creating” Boards
Boards are more than a required governance mechanism. “Great boards can create value and help the enterprise differentiate itself in the...


John Kador
Dec 14, 2017
Why Apologies Are More Effective Without Explanations
As the pace of apologies by business people responding to accusations of sexual misconduct accelerates, the apologies are not keeping up....
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