Month: September 2013

Reply All…: A book review by Bob Morris

September 20, 2013

Reply All…And Other Ways to Tank Your Career Richie Frieman St. Martin’s Griffin (2013) Here’s the bad news: Many people are rude. Now the good news: Some of them are people you compete with. Advice on what not to do…

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Colin Shaw on “New Generation of Business: Connecting Employee Loyalty with Customer Loyalty”

September 20, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from Colin Shaw‘s article for LinkedIn. To read the complete article, check out other superb resources, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Successful companies have loyal employees. They also…

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Amy Levin-Epstein on how to answer “Where do you see yourself in 5 years?”

September 19, 2013

Here is an article written by Amy Levin-Epstein 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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Simon Anderson (chief executive of DreamHost) in “The Corner Office”

September 19, 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 Simon Anderson, chief executive of…

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Peter Gray on “The play deficit”

September 19, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article by Peter Gray for Aeon, an online magazine about nature, culture and ideas. We launched in London in September 2012, championing bold thinking and fine writing. Every weekday it publishes a long-form essay,…

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Josh Linkner on taking the first (and most difficult) step

September 18, 2013

Long ago, Thomas Edison observed, “Vision without execution is hallucination.” In a recent blog post, Josh Linker shares his own thoughts about how to increase personal growth and professional development. To check out the wealth of resources at his website,…

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George Orwell on the “scrupulous writer”

September 18, 2013

If the world’s most renowned experts were asked to identify the five greatest writers of non-fiction, George Orwell‘s name would be on the list of most — if not all — of them. In perhaps his finest essay, Politics and…

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Follow the Leader: A book review by Bob Morris

September 18, 2013

Follow the Leader: The One Thing Great Leaders Have that Great Followers Want Emmanuel Gobillot Kogan Page (2013) Charisma can attract but cannot alone sustain great followership. This book’s subtitle caught my eye: “The one thing great leaders have that…

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Lisa Bodell on “The Most Lethal Culture Killers”

September 17, 2013

In her recently published book, Kill the Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution (Bibliomotion 2013), Lisa Bodell suggests there are three kinds of culture: robust (“zombie-free”), negative, and complacent. She also identifies five especially lethal “culture killers”:…

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Promote Yourself: A book review by Bob Morris

September 17, 2013

Promote Yourself: The new rules for building an outstanding career Dan Schawbel St. Martin’s Griffin (2013) Here’s a book for those who have no clear career roadmap and are willing to invest time and effort to advance their Why did…

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