Month: August 2012

How Smart Leaders Translate Strategy into Execution

August 18, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Randall H. Russell  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 here. *     *     *…

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Don’t engage employees — empower them

August 18, 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. *     *     * (MoneyWatch) The…

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Heart, Smarts, Guts and Luck: A book review by Bob Morris

August 17, 2012

Heart, Smarts, Guts and Luck: What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur and Build a Great Business  Anthony K. Tjan, Richard J. Harrington, and Tsun-yan Hsieh Harvard Busin ess Review Press (2012) How to develop a mindset that you can apply in any situation,…

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Tips to Create a “Conscious” Organization

August 17, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Boudreau for Talent Management magazine. Brain science can teach us a little something about how to optimize talent management. Boudreau breaks it down. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free…

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7 behaviors that identify great employees

August 16, 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. *     *    …

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Business Analytics for Managers: A book review by Bob Morris

August 15, 2012

Business Analytics for Managers: Taking Business Intelligence Beyond Reporting Gert H.N. Laursen and Jesper Thorlund John Wiley & Sons (2010) How and why making decisions based on “huge, noisy, messy data” requires business analytics Although business analytics can probably be traced back at least to Frederick Winslow Taylor’s…

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How to Change Your Culture a Few Behaviors at a Time

August 15, 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 leaders try to change their company’s culture in tandem with…

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Prozac leadership and the limits of positive thinking

August 15, 2012

Here is a summary description of an article written by David Collinson for the Sage Leadership Journal (vol. 8, no. 2, May 2012). To read more of the article and check out other resources, please click here. *     *     *…

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“The Steve Jobs Diet”: 10 Essential Business Takeaways

August 14, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from one of Andrea Kates‘s blog posts. To read the complete post and check out other resources, please click here. *     *     * Every time I meet an especially fit person,…

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Yes, You Can Brainstorm Without Groupthink

August 14, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Vijay Govindarajan and Jay Terwilliger 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 here. *     * …

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