Month: July 2015

Building a Winning Political Team

July 17, 2015

Above: Ronald Reagan and his presidential-campaign chairman, William Casey, in June 1980. Ronald Reagan knew how to do it. So did Bill Clinton. Their secret? They ignored the conventional wisdom. Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by…

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Know When to Speak Out

July 17, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Arne Sorenson for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the3 cvomplete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * In the How I Lead series,…

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Stewart Butterfield (co-founder and chief executive of Slack) in “The Corner Office”

July 16, 2015

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 Stewart Butterfield, co-founder and chief…

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Brian Tracy on Business Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

July 16, 2015

Business Strategy Brian Tracy AMACOM (2015) How and why the right business strategy can also drive personal growth and professional development This is one of the volumes in the Brian Tracy Success Library, all published by AMACOM. Tracy has already…

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That Time I Got Promoted — and My Mentor Combusted

July 16, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Sallie Krawcheck for LinkedIn Pulse. “I took over a team — and a bunch of people then quit (including my mentor). Here’s how I rebuilt.” To read the complete article, check…

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Richard Branson on “The Value of Delaying Judgment”

July 15, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Richard Branson for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * In the How I Lead series,…

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How to set the right priorities and obtain buy-in throughout the given enterprise

July 15, 2015

In Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time, Jeff Sutherland shares his thoughts about how to set the right priorities. As he explains, “The important thing, though, is just to begin. Just start…You don’t need…

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How and Why Strategy, Not Technology, Drives Digital Transformation

July 15, 2015

Here is the executive summary of a report completed by Gerald C. Kane, Doug Palmer, Anh Nguyen Phillips, David Kron, and Natasha Buckley for MIT SLoan Management Review that explains how an organization can become a digitally mature enterprise. To…

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Workplace Wellness that Works: A book review by Bob Morris

July 14, 2015

Workplace Wellness that Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Being & Vitality into Any Organization Laura Putnam John Wiley & Sons (2015) To accelerate personal growth and professional development, no other single source offers more and better guidance. I agree with…

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Steven A. Balmer (CEO of Microsoft) in “The Corner Office”

July 14, 2015

Note: This interview is dated May 16, 2009. Since then, Ballmer has retired from Microsoft and now owns the Los Angeles Clippers, an N.B.A. team. Occasionally, I check out a few of the older “Corner Office” interviews and think this…

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