10 Leadership Lessons from Dell

While attending the University of Texas, Michael Dell started a PC business. He realized the potential advantage to sell personal computers directly to the end-user. Dell also figured out how to customize computers to a customer's specifications. The result was a substantially lower cost to produce a computer by eliminating the margins of the middlemen and because component costs of a PC was dropping about every 7 weeks. Read the article relating to Ecommerce Business Simulation.

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It's better to hang out with people better than you ... Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.
Warren Buffett (investor).




Imagine career success and a balanced lifestyle. This blog is dedicated to the people in a business-related field who are willing to make an investment of their time and minds to on-going personal and career development. How?

1) Start here to find weekly postings to stay informed of the most significant business news with a brief analysis.

2) Learn additional how-to skills complementary to what is taught in business school, experienced on the job, or received in job training. Written by practicing business professionals to support your life-long learning.

3) Get connected with some of the best potential employers and share critical information with each other that gives you an edge in a career search.

4) Learn from the best business leaders by reviewing summaries of their management experiences and lessons.

5) Think in terms of the big picture and imagine the macro technology innovations, management and economic trends.

6) Find a few business opportunities to gain experience to improve your skills for the first or next job.
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Google on Business Culture

This article describes the concept of culture and summarizes what Google's leaders have written down throughout its website and other materials describing the design of their culture. Google's cultural design is used as an example to learn and consider in developing a leadership style. After all, apparently it is working. Read the article

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