Month: April 2014
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 Kim Bowers, chief executive of…
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Elevate: The Three Disciplines of Advanced Strategic Thinking Rich Horwath Wiley (2014) How and why to elevate your business thinking to gain more and better perspectives…and help others to do so In a previously published book, Deep Dive: The Proven…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Eugene Burke for Talent Management magazine. He explains why, despite growth in high potential programs, turnover among them remains high. He suggests several steps to develop a better program for high…
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Based in London, Kai Hammerich heads the European Leadership & Succession Practice for Russell Reynolds Associates. He has conducted numerous chairman, board, CEO and c-suite assignments for major Nordic, European and global technology clients as well as for some the largest Nordic…
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Show and Tell: How Everybody Can Make Extraordinary Presentations Dan Roam Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2014) How and why the heart will follow the truth, understanding will follow a story, and the mind will follow the eye. In my opinion, Dan…
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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 Yorgen Edholm, chief executive of…
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Throughout my career, wherever I lived, I have subscribed to The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal as well as to the local newspaper(s): The Boston Globe, and then (since 1976) the Dallas Morning News and also the Times…
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The Dragonfly Effect Workbook: The Power of Stories Andy Smith, Barbara McCarthy, and Jennifer Aaker CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2014) How to create or increase demand for whatever you offer with a social compaign that has accelerate, reach, and impact…
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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Greg McKeown Crown Business/Imprint of Crown Publishing Group “Make everything as simple as possible but not simpler.” Albert Einstein As I began to read this book for the first time, I was again reminded…
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Left Brain vs Right Brain: Understanding the Myth of Left Brain and Right Brain Dominance
Left Brain vs Right Brain: Understanding the Myth of Left Brain and Right Brain Dominance Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Kendra Cherry for About.com. She suggests that, given the popularity of the idea of “right…
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