Month: May 2013
Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Malcolm Gladwell for The New Yorker (December 15, 2008). Although written years ago, it still has some bite. To read the complete article and check out other Gladwell resources, please…
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Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future Dorie Clark Harvard Business Review Press (2013) “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” Oscar Wilde Don’t be deterred by the title. I wasn’t only because I hold Dorie Clark in such regard…
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Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of J.W. Marriott Jr. (known as Bill), executive chairman and former C.E.O.…
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Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America Charles H. Ferguson Crown Business (2012) The nature and extent of ethical and financial kudzu Other reviews have (collectively) covered most of the most important points to be made…
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President Abraham Lincoln delivered a memorable address on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy…
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Here is an excerpt from article written by Laura Vanderkam for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. She shares portions of a conversation with M.R. Nelson. To read the complete article, check out an abundance of valuable resources and…
Read MoreHere is a brief excerpt from an interview of Walter Kiechel, former managing editor at Fortune magazine and author of The Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World. It was conducted by Sarah Green, Senior…
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Breaking Out: How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas John Butman Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How the idea entrepreneur goes public, breaks out, and achieves influence (and how you can, too) is the subject of this…
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Walter Kiechel III on C.K. Prahalad and Strategy as Boundaryless Aspiration
Here is a brief excerpt from a blog posted by Walter Kiechel III at his website. Although dated several years ago, its insights remaining compelling relevant. To read the entire article and check out other resources, please click here. *…
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