Spanx CEO Sara Blakely's Four Leadership Lessons
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Spanx CEO Sara Blakely shares four key leadership lessons: 1) Embrace failure, 2) Don’t take yourself too seriously, 3) Be relentless, 4) Break the rules.
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Spanx founder Sara Blakely's mother on raising a successful CEO
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Spanx founder Sara Blakely rewards employees with $10k and 1st-class flights
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Spanx CEO's Leadership Strategy
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How Billionaire Spanx Founder Sara Blakely Achieved Success With These Four Underrated Traits - GirlTalkHQ
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Spanx's Sara Blakely - Tips for Success
Leader Profile – Sara Blakely
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3 Cold-Calling Secrets From Sara Blakely, Founder of Spanx
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Watch: Spanx Employees React to Gift of $10,000, Plane Tickets
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Spanx Sara Blakely: People who 'achieve their dreams' have this trait
It's easy in a crisis like this to become immobilized.” Spanx CEO Sara Blakely on how
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3 reasons Spanx founder Sara Blakely's new CEO captured her attention - The Business Journals
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