Month: April 2020
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica have written a series of mini-biographies, many of those about whom I previously knew little, if anything.Here is an excerpt from their profile of Althea Gibson. To learn more about her and others, please click…
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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica have written a series of mini-biographies. Here is an excerpt from Albert van Selden’s profile of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. Those who have seen Mel Brooks’s film Young Frankenstein should recognize the name and already…
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Thomas Alva Edison is generally considered among the greatest inventors/innovators in modern history. He was awarded 1,073 patents. The list of what he created or improved includes the automatic telegraph, carbon telephone transmitter, the light bulb, phonograph, movie camera and…
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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica have written a series of mini-biographies, many of those about whom I previously knew little, if anything. Here is an excerpt from Marilyn McCully’s profile of Pablo Picasso. To learn more about her/him and other…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Carmine Gallo for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…
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Always Day One: How the Tech Titans Plan to Stay on Top Forever Alex Kantrowitz Portfolio/Penguin (April 2020) “What got you here won’t get you there.” Marshall Goldsmith Goldsmith correctly suggests that whatever enabled a company to enjoy success today…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written byTomas Chamorro-Premuzic and Cindy Gallop for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR…
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Here is an excerpt from another brilliant article written by Nancy Koehn for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR…
Read MoreIs it possible to motivate people? Obviously, Robert Townsend doesn’t think so. In Freedom, Inc. Brian Carney and Isaac Getz observe, The problem is, the more closely psychologists look at the motivation — or engagement — levels of people in…
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4 Behaviors That Help Leaders Manage a Crisis
Here is an excerpt from an article written by Chris Nichols, Shoma Chatterjee Hayden, and Chris Trendler for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain…
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