I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you:

BOOK REVIEWS

(Forget a Mentor) Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career
Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Leading the Starbucks Way: 5 Principles for Connecting with Your Customers, Your Products and Your People
Joseph A. Michelli

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
Amanda Ripley

What Keeps Leaders Up at Night: Recognizing and Resolving Your Most Troubling Management Issues
Nicole A. Lipkin

Disrupt! Think Epic. Be Epic
Bill Jensen

Moment of Battle: The Twenty Clashes That Changed the World
James Lacey and Williamson Murray

 

INTERVIEWS

Glenn Kelman (chief executive of Redfin) in “The Corner Office”
Adam Bryant
The New York Times

Kevin Allen: Second interview, by Bob Morris
BOB

 

COMMENTARIES

“Don’t Listen to Customers — Observe Them”
Management Tip of the Day
HBR

“Big Data: HR’s Chance to Matter”
Jason Averbook
Talent Management

“What really (REALLY) motivates people”
Thanks to Dan Pink, Teresa Amabile, and Steven Kramer
BOB

“Open Innovation: Top-Down Meets Bottom-Up”
Geoffrey Moore
LinkedIn

“Employee Retention Is Now a Big Issue: Why the Tide Has Turned”
Josh Bersin
LinkedIn

“City Slickers: 5 Books About The Urban Experience”
Franklyn Cater
NPR

“What To Do When Things Go Wrong”
Scott Berkun
from Making Things Happen

“Good Artists Copy; Great Artists Steal”
Garson O’Toole
Quote Investigator

“Why Positivity is So Essential in the Workplace
Marla Gottschalk
LinkedIn

“Tom Kelley and David Kelley on the Care and Feeding of an Innovation Team”
BOB

“A Study in Sinatra: There are times when you just do whatever must be done”
Marla Gottschalk
LinkedIn

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