Month: June 2014
Here is a brief excerpt from a transcript of an interview of Adam Grant by Rik Kirkland for the McKinsey Quarterly in which Grant explains why generosity in the workplace continues to be more effective than selfishness and why it…
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Brian Tracy on Marketing Brian Tracy AMACOM (2014) The essentials of how to create or increase demand for what you offer This is one of the volumes in the The Brian Tracy Success Library, all published by AMACOM. Tracy has…
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Here’s an excerpt from an article by Justynn Royal for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * Not too long ago, an organization that I was a part of suffered…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Reship Bhandari, Marc Singer, and Hiek van der Scheer for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They suggest what can be learned from companies using marketing analytics to drive…
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John Wayne: The Life and Legend Scott Eyman Simon & Schuster (2014) The amazing transformation of Marion Mitchell Morrison who became John Wayne If there is a more comprehensive and more reliable biography of the man who became John Wayne…
Read MoreThose who have read one or more of Sylvia Ann Hewlett‘s previously published books (notably When the Bough Breaks, Off-Ramps and On-Ramps, Winning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets, and Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor) already know that…
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Here is a brief article by Martha Mangelsdorf for MIT Sloan Management Review. To check out other articles, obtain subscription information, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Pixar has an impressive record of producing…
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The extraordinary and eloquent Andrew Solomon closes TED2014 with a talk that brought the theater to its feet. Popular wisdom, begins Solomon, is that we find meaning, that it is an external truth to seek. But after a lifetime as…
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Business Strategy: Plan, Execute, Win Patrick J. Stroh John Wiley & Sons (2014) How to formulate and then execute strategies that will help you achieve your objectives at work and everywhere else Just as in residential real estate, for every…
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How to Deal with Difficult Employees and Co-workers
Here’s a brief excerpt from an article by Christina Boyes for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. Image credit: Graphic Stock * * * You probably hate dandelions. Almost everyone with a…
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