Legacies, Left Tackles and Investment Banking

Three cool books to tell you about. Looking Back – The Power of Legacy First is Your Leadership Legacy, by Robert M. Galford and Regina Fazio Maruca. [Disclosure: Rob was my co-author, along with David Maister, on The Trusted Advisor]. It’s built around one of those ideas that can sound fluffy and vague—until you grasp […]

Two Dogs Sniffing: The Economics of Trust

John Newman heads a highly successful turnaround management company, focused on medium-sized companies. He’s a transplanted New Yorker, a UCLA MBA, with a CPA to boot. He lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas. And he defines the economics of trust beautifully. This story is taken from his website. Make sure you read the punchline at story’s end. […]

A Discussion About Options Backdating

Fortune Magazine has a couple of blog columns. One is called Legal Pad, by Roger Parloff, Fortune’s Senior Editor for Legal Affairs. An experienced and educated journalist who writes well in what is normally an informative blog, Mr. Parloff recently posted what I take to be a temporary moral faux pas or blind spot. You […]

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TRUST-BASED SELLING

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