Business Game Time

In business and in sports, many say that becoming number one is easier than staying on top. Spanish keeper Iker Casillas shows how respect can be the key to staying successful continuously.

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In business there obviously aren’t any flags to throw for indicating a foul. Even worse, there aren’t a lot of rules on what foul play would be. So here’s my top five football fouls I would like to see called in business, too

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When FIFA president Sepp Blatter claims that there is no more “fair play and respect and discipline” without seeing the irony in these words, it becomes obvious how outdated his purely hierarchical management model is. Here’s why he’s wrong.

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There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. Eric Cantona has erased this line. One of the greatest yet most controversial players ever. Here’s why he never played a World Cup and what we can learn from his case, especially on how to deal with “insane geniuses”.

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