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Inventing a better mousetrap
How Anne Sweeney sparks employees to find the next great innovation at Disney Media Networks
Anne Sweeney likes to think about how taking a risk on a cartoon mouse can turn into a $35.5 billion entertainment juggernaut.
That keeps Sweeney...
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Diamonds in the rough
Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane Jr. shares his views on what it means to be a successful business leader
It was 1964. Drayton McLane Jr. was a young executive working
in the grocery distribution business of his father, Drayton McLane
Sr., and still ye...
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Turn passion into profit
How to get the most out of your team
In the sports and entertainment industry, the challenge of competing for the attention
of the consumer is daunting
enough. But when Peter
McLough...
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The DIY quarterback
How Arthur Blank drove The Home Depot and the Atlanta Falcons to paydirt
Beads of sweat roll down a young runner’s forehead, while his mind wills his aching body forward, stride after stride, as he continues on his grueling...
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Bob Husband
President and CEO, Heritage Golf Group LLC
When Bob Husband visits one of the properties owned by Heritage Golf Group LLC, he doesn’t want his employees stricken with fear that he is looking fo...
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Geraldine Laybourne
Founder, Chairman and CEO, Oxygen
Geraldine Laybourne saw something that the guys didn’t notice: Women not only make up a larger share of the population than do men,
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Tune in, turn on
How Mike Muench gives his staff the freedom to succeed at Line 6 Inc.
Mike Muench’s leadership style is based first and foremost on
one thing: passion. Therefore, as president and CEO of Line
6 Inc., a co...
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Simon Wright
CEO, Virgin Entertainment Group International
The entertainment industry is filled with people who subjugate their personalities to succeed, but Simon Wright, CEO of Virgin
Entertainment Group In...
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