Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Top CEOs use an effective strategy called "beat the plan." (Illustration by Fortune) In coaching hundreds of executives over the ...

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In coaching hundreds of executives over the years, a few questions come up again and again. Recently the CEO of a large company in the Midwest noticed during a training that I greeted a new group, ...