Month: September 2013
The Tools: Transform Your Problems into Courage, Confidence, and Creativity Phil Stutz and Barry Michels Spiegel & Grau/Random House (2012) How a transformation of negatives into positives can help people to achieve personal growth and professional development This book has…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Cliff Stevenson for Talent Management magazine. As he observes, “Turnover is one of those things leaders pay attention to when it goes bad. They don’t usually think of good turnover, although…
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Squirrels, Boats and Thoroughbreds: Lessons for Leading Change, in Traditional Businesses Jamie Gerdsen River Grove Books (2013) Unconventional perspectives on convention and on how to control change by embracing it Whatever their size and nature may be, most organizations seem…
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The Solution Revolution: How Business, Government, and Social Enterprises Are Teaming Up to Solve Society’s Toughest Problems William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan Harvard Business Review Press (2013) Here’s how to tap “trillions of dollars in potential value at the…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Guy Kawasaki featured at one of his websites. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * I admit it: I’m a user-group junkie. I got my first taste…
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Seeing What Others Don’t: The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights Gary A. Klein PublicAffairs (2013) A brilliant explanation of what triggers insights, what interferes with recognizing them, and how to nourish them Long ago, I realized that the true value…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Suzy and Jack Welch for LinkedIn. They identify and discuss “six common leadership pitfalls.” To read the complete article and check out dozens of others, please click here. * *…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Dharmesh Shah for LinkedIn. To read the complete article and check out others that discuss, please click here. * * * The title “Chief Executive Officer” doesn’t really say very much…
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Here is an especially lively and informative Edge Conversation. Who are the participants? “Here we are in my studio. What I am working on at the moment is a rough mix for a piece of music for a totem pole.…
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Hemingway, Thoreau, Jefferson and the Virtues of a Good Long Walk
Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Arianna Huffington for LinkedIn. She reminds me again of countless times in years past when I took long walks in the woods of New England (especially when foliage was in full…
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