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Leaders go to Washington for White House business briefing

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 [...] [...]

Hope makes career of developing empowered leaders

by Martin Willoughby Published: July 31,2011

Tags: column, leaders, Martin Willoughby, Sara Jane Hope, willoughby

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 [...] [...]

‘No’ means being able to commit to ‘Yes’

by Martin Willoughby Published: July 25,2010

Tags: Cardinal Ventures, leaders, Martin Willoughby, MBJ column, MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS

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 [...] [...]

‘No’ means being able to commit to ‘Yes’

by Martin Willoughby Published: July 25,2010

Tags: Cardinal Ventures, leaders, Martin Willoughby, MBJ column, MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS

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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