Month: June 2012

Nine Ways to Make “Superstars” Effective Managers

June 21, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Derek Finkelman and Jonathan Corke for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here. *  …

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The Innovative Team: A book review by Bob Morris

June 20, 2012

The Innovative Team: Unleashing Creative Potential for Breakthrough Results Chris Grivas and Gerard J. Puccio Jossey-Bass /A Wiley Imprint (2012) How and why an innovative team can leverage its organization’s creative resources to achieve and sustain breakthrough results By nature, an innovative team is one…

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Why You Should Not Avoid Office Politics

June 20, 2012

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. *     *     * Many managers hate office politics. But avoiding them altogether may hold…

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14 Lessons From Benjamin Franklin About Getting What You Want In Life

June 20, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Thea Easterby and featured online by Business Insider. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for free email alerts, please click here. *     *     * Benjamin Franklin…

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Oracles: A book review by Bob Morris

June 20, 2012

Oracles: How Prediction Markets Turn Employees into Visionaries Donald N. Thompson Harvard Business Review Press (2012) Why and how “prediction market democracy” tends to make better decisions that, eventually, produce better results Donald Thompson is an advocate of “prediction market democracy” because a prediction market can “revolutionize the…

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8 Things Great Bosses Demand from Employees

June 20, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Geoffrey James and featured online by Inc. magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. *     *     * When your team asks you…

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10 Business and Leadership Lessons from Niccolò Machiavelli

June 19, 2012

Here is an article written by Steve Tobak for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the website’s newsletters, please click here. Image courtesy of Flickr user Robert Scarth …

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The Transformative CEO: A book review by Bob Morris

June 19, 2012

The Transformative CEO: Impact Lessons from Industry Game Changers Jeffrey J. Fox and Robert Reiss McGraw-Hill (2012) How and why leaders transform themselves so that they will be more effective transforming their organizations    Each year, the average tenure of a new CEO becomes shorter and…

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Joyas Volardores

June 19, 2012

Brian Doyle is one of my favorite contemporary writers. Just as certain books can be “magic carpets” to exciting new intellectual and emotional adventures, so can writers and Doyle is among the best of them. Here is a brief excerpt…

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Was Steve Jobs a Good Decision Maker?

June 18, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tom Davenport 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, please click…

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