Month: January 2013

Delegate, Delegate, Delegate

January 14, 2013

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. *     *     * Most managers complain of having too much to do, but very few…

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Likeable Social Media: A book review by Bob Morris

January 13, 2013

Likeable Social Media: How to Delight Your Customers, Create an Irresistible Brand, and Be Generally Amazing Dave Kerpen McGraw-Hill (2011) How and why social media can increase our ability to listen, to respond, and to be empathic as no other…

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Dinesh C. Paliwal (Harman International Industries) in “The Corner Office”

January 13, 2013

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 Dinesh C. Paliwal, the chairman,…

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How to achieve large-scale transformation in a series of smaller pragmatic steps

January 13, 2013

Here is another online article from Deloitte’s Center for the Edge (probably co-authored by John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, and Lang Davison) that will assist rethinking the DNA of an organization. “The Center for the Edge, part of Deloitte…

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Geoffrey James on “Office Nut Cases: A Field Guide”

January 12, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Geoffrey James for BNET, what has since become the CBS Interactive Business Network. To read the omplete article and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the newsletters, please…

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Sir Richard Branson’s “Five Secrets to Business Success”

January 12, 2013

Here is an article written by Sir Richard Branson for BNET that has become 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…

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AMA Business Boot Camp: A book review by Bob Morris

January 12, 2013

AMA Business Boot Camp: Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career Edward T. Reilly, Editor AMACOM (2013) Information, insights, and counsel that are fundamental to personal growth and professional development The term “boot camp” is…

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How to formulate a “balanced scorecard”?

January 11, 2013

The term is generally associated with the research-driven collaborations of Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton, notably The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action (1996), The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment (2000), Strategy…

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The Crucible in the Middle

January 11, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Kris Routch for Talent Management magazine. He says it’s tough being a mid-level manager, but the role’s increasing complexity is the right stage on which to prep senior leaders.To read the…

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Liz Wiseman on Good and Bad “Multipliers” in the Workplace Environment

January 11, 2013

In Multipliers, written with Greg McKeown, Liz Wiseman juxtaposes two quite different types of persons whom she characterizes as the “Multiplier” and the “Diminisher.” Although she refers to them as leaders, suggesting they have supervisory responsibilities, they could also be direct…

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