Month: July 2016

Need advice on how to strengthen your conversation skills? Here is by far the best single source.

July 21, 2016

Among Andrew Lloyd Webber’s countless claims to fame is the fact that he is the father of the author of The Intelligent Conversationalist: 31 Cheat Sheets That Will Show You How to Talk to Anyone About Anything, Anytime. Briefly, Imogen…

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Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (the founder and chairman of Joyus) in “The Corner Office”

July 21, 2016

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 Sukhinder Singh Cassidy , the…

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PeopleShock: A book review by Bob Morris

July 20, 2016

PeopleShock: The Path to Profits When Customers Rule Tema Frank Essential Views Publishing (June 2016) The increasing value of the human element in a world that becomes more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous each day In one of their books,…

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The Four Most Popular McKinsey Quarterly Articles (Second Quarter 2016)

July 20, 2016

According to McKinsey & Company, these were the four most popular articles featured in its Quarterly: 1. Ahead of the curve: The future of performance management Boris Ewenstein, Bryan Hancock, and Asmus Komm “What happens after companies jettison traditional year-end…

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Sneak Peak at Donald Trump’s Nomination Acceptance Speech

July 19, 2016

All politicians receive assistance with the preparation of their speeches. Donald Trump is no exception. A friend of mine is among those helping him with his nomination acceptance speech, to be delivered on Thursday evening. He just shared with me…

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What CEOs are reading this summer

July 19, 2016

  Here is an article by the editors of McKinney Quarterly in which they share what leaders of some of the world’s biggest organizations will be reading to keep them occupied in the coming months. The slightly lazier days of…

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Challenge the Way You’re Measuring Data

July 19, 2016

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * Data can provide enlightening information to a company’s leaders, guiding…

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Danielle Moss Lee (chief executive of the Y.W.C.A. of the City of New York) in “The Corner Office”

July 18, 2016

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 Danielle Moss Lee, . To…

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Here’s a “One-Minute Intuition Checklist”

July 18, 2016

In her recently published book,Put Your Intuition to Work: How to Supercharge Your Inner Wisdom to Think Fast and Make Great Decisions (ublished by Career Press, July 2016), Lynn Robinson explains, “This book is based on Trust Your Gut: How…

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Building a Culture of Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

July 17, 2016

Building a Culture of Innovation: A Practical Framework for Placing Innovation at the Core of Your Business Cris Beswick, Derek Bishop, and Jo Geraghty KoganPage (2016) The Easy Part: Defining an Innovation Workplace Culture I just checked: Amazon US now…

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