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Making the Best of a World Slowdown
by John S. McCallum | January / February 2012
Sluggish economic growth is hardly desirable, but as this author points out, it may be a blessing in disguise. In this article he outlines eight steps that executives can take to help their firms survive a slowdown and emerge...
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Don’t count the U.S. out
by John S. McCallum | November / December 2011
Ingenious and resilient may be appropriate adjectives for describing the people – and national economies – of the handful of countries that have staved off the current global slowdown. But the two adjectives understate the resiliency and ingenuity of...
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The Social Animal: A good book for executives
by John S. McCallum | September / October 2011
Over the years, regular contributor John McCallum has recommended numerous books that can help executives be an effective leader. The Social Animal appears to be one of the best.
Good executives have the ability to read how people will...
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Two terrific books for executives
by John S. McCallum | July / August 2011
In no small way a CEO’s ability to connect with people is based on how he or she writes and behaves. The two, near-classic books recommended by this IBJ regular contributor set the standards for writing effectively and behaving...
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Executives should monitor household debt
by John S. McCallum | May / June 2011
Executives closely monitor the course of high-profile economic variables like growth, unemployment, inflation, the stock market, interest rates and exchange rates. They do so because there is a direct connection to running a business successfully. It is time to add...
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Competing in baseball and in business
by John S. McCallum | March / April 2011
Playing to win in business is like playing to win in baseball. Or at least it should be. The team that knows how to compete will be the team that wins, as this long-time baseball fan and management thinker...
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CANADIAN EXECUTIVES, THE CANADIAN ECONOMY AND U.S. JOB GROWTH
by John S. McCallum | January / February 2011
Anyone who thinks that the Canadian economy is not dependent on the U.S. economy need only look at the prospects for job creation in the United States. He or she will then see the prospects for job creation in...
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Don’t expect too much from the economy
by John S. McCallum | November / December 2010
Patience and prudence are bred in Canadians’ bones. Perhaps never will those characteristics, sometimes derided, serve the country and its people so well as in the year or two ahead.
It is now two years since the spectacular financial...
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EXECUTIVES SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
by John S. McCallum | September / October 2010
The thinking of Frederick Hayek and his fellow economists in the Austrian school is sometimes seen as an antidote for misdirected government intervention. Whether you but into it or not, executives would do well to learn more about such thinking,...
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EXECUTIVES, THE ECONOMY AND A 17TH-CENTURY CATHOLIC PHILOSOPHER
by John S. McCallum | July / August 2010
Who would have thought that the works of a 17th-century French, Catholic philosopher would provided some insight into today’s economic situation, and, more unlikely, provide reason for optimism?
Good advice is where you find it. Executives should cast a wide...
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