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The Pizza Pope: The Early Years of Tom Monaghan
When Tom Monaghan was a young boy, he wanted to be three things: a shortstop for the Detroit Tigers, a priest, and an architect; founder of a multi-billion dollar pizza company was not on the list. However, that is exactly what Monaghan would become. Since launching Domino’s Pizza in 1960, Monaghan has grown the company into an empire, with over 8,000 locations in more than 54 countries around the world, and sales that exceed $4.6 billion. Nevertheless, the story of Monaghan’s life was not always as sweet as the success he would later achieve.

With Blown Call, Jim Joyce Succeeds at a Sales Core Competency
The certain perfect game is just like the sure things that your salespeople report. "We're gonna get this business - it's a slam dunk." Or, "Everything has been agreed to - just waiting for final approval." Or, "We're the only ones they're talking to - it's ours for the taking!" And then...it isn't.
BUILDING A CHAMPIONSHIP SALES TEAM: Should You Hire Superstars or Develop Raw Talent?
With the tight labor market over the last couple of years many organizations have wrestled with the challenge of finding enough employees, much less finding superstars. Yet it is virtually impossible to build an exceptional organization with anything less than exceptional people in key roles.

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The Pizza Pope: The Early Years of Tom Monaghan
When Tom Monaghan was a young boy, he wanted to be three things: a shortstop for the Detroit Tigers, a priest, and an architect; founder of a multi-billion dollar pizza company was not on the list. However, that is exactly what Monaghan would become. Since launching Domino’s Pizza in 1960, Monaghan has grown the company into an empire, with over 8,000 locations in more than 54 countries around the world, and sales that exceed $4.6 billion. Nevertheless, the story of Monaghan’s life was not always as sweet as the success he would later achieve.

Taking The World For A Ride: Ford Motor Co. Is Formed
High off the success of the Quadricycle, Ford and Murphy created the Detroit Automobile Co. in 1899, which was to focus on improving the design of the vehicle. The company lasted only one year before going bankrupt, unable to build cars at a fast enough rate.
Export Promotion Strategies for Manufactured Goods: New Approaches to Trade Development in Africa
It is well known that the gains from export of processed and manufactured goods are greater than those from exporting primary commodities largely because of the higher value added. Therefore most developing countries aim at supplementing the exportation of primary products with the export of manufactures, and eventually, like the Asian Tigers, concentrating on processed and manufactured exports.
Five Ways Forward-Thinking Leaders Are Using The Recession To Build and Reposition Their Teams for Rapid Growth
Over the past eight weeks, I have been interviewing CEO’s of Team Cultures for my upcoming book and have learned some great tips to share with you about how they are strategically benefiting from the economic downturn. Just like the TIGERS universal team values, these tips offer common sense solutions that many individualistic cultures will find difficult to implement due to burdensome hierarchies and competitive infrastructure.

Into the Sunset - The Past, Present, and Future of the American Auto Industry
Despite the attempt of the American car lobby to convince us otherwise, the laws of the universe apply to them as much as everyone else. The evolutionary selection process of the marketplace must be heeded. To survive, Detroit doesn't need the sympathy of patriotic Americans or the fiscal coddling of Congress. They just need to make good cars again.

SET GOALS! You Can’t Be Successful if You Don’t Define What That Means
Remember when you were a kid and your parents told you that you could do anything you set your mind to ... even if you wanted to become the president of the United States? I do! I can almost feel the same excitement I felt when they told me. I was excited to one day play in the NBA the NFL and I'd also be an all star pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. If someone would have asked me if I truly believed that I could accomplish all those things I would have said, "Of course I can, my parents told me I could do anything if I set my mind to it!" What was it that you wanted to accomplish?
7 Skills Needed For Effective Leadership Team Development
This article is a summary of leadership skills developed by the TIGERS-Den leadership community. In a nutshell, the leaders identified 7 positive characteristics that separate ho-hum managers from team leader rock stars.

All economics is local
The media tries to report on the world economy or the national economy, or even the economy in Detroit or LA. This is easy to talk about, statistically driven and apparently important to everyone.
Why All The Interest in Detroit?
Is Detroit going through some very tough times? Yes. And that is precisely why there is an opportunity. For example, when the construction industry was booming, heavy equipment such as excavators, loaders and the like could only be purchased at retail prices. When the construction market collapsed, suddenly you could buy those same pieces of heavy equipment for pennies on the dollar. That was an opportunity for those who had the means to take advantage and buy while the market was down.

The Motown Etiquette and Style Coach Maxine Powell
Very few people outside of the Motown entertainers know about Maxine Powell (finishing instructor, consultant, fashion designer) from Detroit, Michigan. Ms. Powell was responsible for the style and manners of the Motown entertainers.
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