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Peter F. Drucker on Management Essentials, Peter F. Drucker, Harvard Business Review Press, “So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work”, Drucker’s widely quoted comment helps to explain why so many organizations…
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My Father’s Business: The Small-Town Values That Built Dollar General into a Billion-Dollar Company Cal Turner Jr. with Rob Simbeck Center Street (May 2018) How an “acorn” in Scottsville, Kentucky, in 1919 became an “oak tree” with more than 16,000…
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Elite Minds: How Winners Think Differently to Create a Competitive Edge and Maximize Success Stan Beecham McGraw-Hill (September 2016) If the mind is what the brain does, this is how and why it controls the body In the title of…
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Here is an excerpt from an article by Gijs van Wulfen for The Leadership Network blog. Founded in 2010, it has since delivered business excellence training courses to more than 4,000 Directors and Senior Managers in companies such as Lego,…
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Great Motivation Secrets of Great Leaders John Baldoni McGraw-Hill (2005) “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams Long ago I concluded that one person cannot…
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Great Communication Secrets of Great Leaders John Baldoni McGraw-Hill (2003) “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw I read this book when it was first published (2003) and recently re-read…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an especially important article by George Packer for The New Yorker in which in which discusses whether or not Jeff Bezos and Amazon are good for the book publishing industry. Opinions are sharply divided…
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50 Success Classics: Winning Wisdom for Life and Wotk from 50 Landmark Books Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey Publishing (2007) Inspiring “stories” illustrate a “way of success that anyone can follow” Note: This is one of volumes in the 5o Classics…
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Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul Howard Schultz with Joanne Gordon Rodale (2011) “Starbucks’ touchstones, the source of our pride” Howard Schultz In January 2008, chairman Howard Schultz resumed his roles as President and CEO…
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From acorns to oak trees
It is important to keep in mind that all of the Fortune 500 companies began as a start-up. For example: Eli Lilly and Company: A pharmacist and Union officer, Colonel Eli Lilly, started his company with $1,300 in 1876 and…
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