Month: July 2011

Why the U.S. Must Invest in Its Most Effective Teachers

July 18, 2011

To their great credit, McKinsey & Company and The Atlantic magazine are co-sponsors of an especially important series of responses to this question: “What’s the single best idea to jumpstart job creation?” Here is Michelle A. Rhee‘s response. She is…

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Rich business reads: “Separating the wheat from a mountain of chaff”

July 18, 2011

Opinions are divided — often sharply divided — about which are the best business books this year, all-time, to store within an electronic reading device, to take on vacation…yada yada yada. Check out this video featured online by The Economist.…

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Rules for Good Writing

July 18, 2011

In The Best of Business, a book published by The Economist in collaboration with Pegasus Books in 2009, one of the entries identifies and briefly explains “Six rules of good writing.” They are: 1. Do not be stuffy. 2. Do…

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Who Moved My Cube?

July 18, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Anne-Laure Fayard and John Weeks for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR…

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Blurring Face-to-Face and Virtual Encounters

July 18, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Weeks and Anne-Laure Fayard for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts,…

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Harvard Business Review on Thriving in Emerging Markets: A book review by Bob Morris

July 18, 2011

HBR on Thriving in Emerging Markets Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) “The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.” Steven Wright This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies…

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The Missing Link in Innovative Research

July 18, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Anna Pettersson and August Vlak for strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. *    …

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2 Career-Killing Lessons New Grads Need to Unlearn

July 18, 2011

Here is an article written by Nell Minow for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. *    …

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A book review by Bob Morris

July 18, 2011

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni Jossey-Bass (2002) In this “leadership fable,” Lencioni focuses on “the rarity” of effective teamwork, noting that “teams, because they are made up of imperfect human beings, are inherently dysfunctional.” Is teamwork therefore…

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Silos, Politics and Turf Wars: A book review by Bob Morris

July 18, 2011

Silos, Politics and Turf Wars: A Leadership Fable About Destroying the Barriers That Turn Colleagues Into Competitors Patrick Lencioni Jossey-Bass (2006) Here’s the situation. Jude Cousins is a talented, energetic, and ambitious young marketing executive at Hatch Technology who, with…

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