Month: November 2012
How to Close a Deal Like Warren Buffett: Lessons from the World’s Greatest Dealmaker Tom Searcy and Henry DeVries McGraw-Hill (2013) Anyone can try but only Warren Buffett can close a deal like Warren Buffett As the title of this…
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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 Jeff Weiner, chief executive of…
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During its first 100 years of existence, more than 683,000 Americans lost their lives, with the Civil War accounting for 623,026 of that total (91.2%). Comparatively, in the next 100 years, another estimated 625,000 Americans died through two World Wars…
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The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field Mike Michalowicz Portfolio/Penguin Group (2012) How to “build a business that blows the competition away…and finally gives you the life of your dreams” Mike Michalowicz makes…
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In Redesigning the Future: Systems Approach to Societal Problems published by John S. Wiley & Sons (1974), Russell L. Ackoff provides a number of valuable insights when discussing the challenges that leaders face, notably coping with complexities and frustrations created…
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HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations Nancy Duarte Harvard Business Review Press (2012) “Golden Rule: Never deliver a presentation you wouldn’t want to sit through.” Motto at Duarte, Inc. This is one of the first volumes in a new series of…
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Freedom, Inc.: Free Your Employees and Let Them Lead Your Business to Higher Productivity, Profits, and Growth Brian Carney and Isaac Getz Crown Business (2009) Note: I read this book when it was first published several years ago and recently…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael Watkins for the HBR Blog Network. 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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The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing Michael Mauboussin Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why to “untangle” skill and luck to improve at “the art of good guesswork” when making decisions I have…
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Here is a preview of an article written by John P. Kotter for the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please…
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