Mississippi Business Journal » leaders http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Leaders go to Washington for White House business briefing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/05/leaders-go-to-washington-for-white-house-business-briefing-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leaders-go-to-washington-for-white-house-business-briefing-2 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/05/leaders-go-to-washington-for-white-house-business-briefing-2/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:55:10 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=53502 JACKSON — More than 25 Jackson business leaders, including Mayor Harvey Johnson, former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove and State Sen. John Horhn, traveled to Washington, D.C., late last week to participate in a White House business leader briefing. Leaders from the Jackson business community provided feedback to Obama Administration officials on ways to work together to [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/05/leaders-go-to-washington-for-white-house-business-briefing-2/feed/ 1 Hope makes career of developing empowered leaders http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/07/31/hope-makes-career-of-developing-empowered-leaders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hope-makes-career-of-developing-empowered-leaders http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/07/31/hope-makes-career-of-developing-empowered-leaders/#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 06:00:40 +0000 Martin Willoughby http://msbusiness.com/?p=44106 One of the challenges for organizations is how to develop new leaders. First time supervisors need to learn how to make the transition to leading others. Often this involves the potentially awkward circumstance of managing co-workers that he or she used to work alongside. The common mistake is to just promote someone who was a [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/07/31/hope-makes-career-of-developing-empowered-leaders/feed/ 0 ‘No’ means being able to commit to ‘Yes’ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/07/25/no-means-being-able-to-commit-to-yes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-means-being-able-to-commit-to-yes http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/07/25/no-means-being-able-to-commit-to-yes/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:01:02 +0000 Martin Willoughby http://msbusiness.com/?p=27609 In 1994, Quaker Oats purchased Snapple for $1.7 billion. They hoped to replicate the success they had with Gatorade. However, they failed miserably. After three years, Quaker Oats sold Snapple for just $300 million. In 1998, Daimler Benz merged with Chrysler to create Daimler Chrysler for $37 billion. However, by 2007, Daimler Benz sold Chrysler [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/07/25/no-means-being-able-to-commit-to-yes/feed/ 0 ‘No’ means being able to commit to ‘Yes’ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/07/25/no-means-being-able-to-commit-to-yes-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-means-being-able-to-commit-to-yes-2 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/07/25/no-means-being-able-to-commit-to-yes-2/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:01:02 +0000 Martin Willoughby http://msbusiness.com/?p=27615 In 1994, Quaker Oats purchased Snapple for $1.7 billion. They hoped to replicate the success they had with Gatorade. However, they failed miserably. After three years, Quaker Oats sold Snapple for just $300 million. In 1998, Daimler Benz merged with Chrysler to create Daimler Chrysler for $37 billion. However, by 2007, Daimler Benz sold Chrysler [...]

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