“Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.”
Bruce Lee (1940 – 1973)
Chinese American actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director and producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement; considered one of the most influential martial artists of the 20th century and a cultural icon
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Randy Dobbs, author of Transformational Leadership, is a Senior Operating Executive at Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe; one of the largest and most successful private-equity firms in the United States. Randy rose to become a CEO in a General Electric Company business with the encouragement and coaching of high-level executives including the legendary GE Chairman, Jack Welch. In a string of GE positions of increasing responsibility, Randy excelled as a turnaround specialist who transformed every organization he led and established a winning record of improved earnings. More recently, Randy used the same ‘secret sauce’ to transform and improve earnings as CEO of Philips Medical Systems, North America, and USIS, a leading global security services provider, where he led 7,000 knowledge workers to a new understanding of how to work together to achieve business results. To read Randy’s complete biography, click here.
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Executive Vision is a five part series created by CNBC and sponsored by Credit Suisse. Within each episode, Melissa Francis, Simon Hobbs, and a group of distinguished guests discuss what it takes to be a visionary leader; guiding their companies to success within the rapidly changing global marketplace.
Dr. Beverly Scott, CEO, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
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“The will to succeed is important, but I’ll tell you what’s more important – it’s the will to prepare.”
Bobby Knight
nicknamed The General, his teams won 902 NCAA Division I men’s college basketball games – more than any other head coach;
his Indiana Hoosiers won three NCAA championships, one National Invitation Tournament (NIT) championship, and eleven Big Ten Conference championships;
coached the USA men’s Olympic team to a gold medal in 1984 – becoming one of only three basketball coaches to win an NCAA title, NIT title, and an Olympic gold medal;
named National Coach of the Year four times and Big Ten Coach of the Year six times
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Transparency motivates. Transparency shapes. Transparency drives. Decisions made in full view of those who would provide critical judgment – shareholders, regulators, employees, and the public – provides a powerfully strong guiding force that demands decision-makers fully vet the business and ethical implications of each option and soundly support their ultimate selection. Not every decision can or should be made in the public view. However, every decision-maker can challenge their team and themselves with the question, How would this decision read as a New York Times front page headline?
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