A willingness to pivot early and often can set the stage for corporate achievement. George Feldenkreis was poor when he fled Cuba for the United States, bringing only $700 with him. Initially, he sold automotive parts, but a pivot to selling the guayabera shirt'a cultural symbol of Cuba'marked his foray into fashion. Feldenkreis went on to become chair of Perry Ellis International, which acquired more than 30 clothing labels and became a billion-dollar empire. As a woman rising up the corporate ranks in the 1960s, Carol Goldberg, Stop & Shop's former president, navigated uncharted territory. Rather than subscribe to societal norms, she challenged them. Goldberg was only the second woman to graduate from Harvard Business School's advanced management program and the first to serve on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. She also coauthored a book to help women executives succeed. Ulysses 'Junior' Bridgeman wrote the next chapter of his own life story and, through a series...
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