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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael Parke and Justin Weinhardt 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…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Tim Herrera for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * One of my favorite story arcs…
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In 50 Business Classics series, Tom Butler-Bowdon includes a discussion of Theodore (“Ted”) Levitt and his concept of marketing myopia, introduced in an HBR article (1960) and then featured in Levitt’s The Marketing Imagination (1983). These are among the dozens of…
Read MoreMany years ago when I began to teach English at the Kent School in Connecticut, I devised an acronym for my students based on two primary sources: Aristotle’s Rhetoric (4th century BCE) and Modern Rhetoric (1949) co-authored by Cleanth Brooks…
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Years ago, Washington Redskins’ QB Joe Thiesman objected to a sportswriter’s reference to “dumb jocks.” “Hey look, we can’t all be Fred Einstein!” Here is a brief excerpt from one of the dozens of interesting lists featured at the 25…
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In 50 Business Classics, Tom Butler-Bowdon includes a discussion of Simon Sinek’s bestseller, Start with Why. These are among the dozens of insights that caught my eye: o “Every company knows what it does — the products or services it sells.…
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These are also worth sharing…. I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me. Police were called to a day care, where a three-year-old was resisting a rest. Did you hear about the guy whose whole left…
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Years ago, Warren Buffett observed: “Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about…
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In 50 Business Classics series, Tom Butler-Bowdon includes his discussion of Walter Isaacson’s brilliant biography of Steve Jobs. These are among the dozens of insights that caught my eye: o At first, Isaacson refused to write the biography of someone still…
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3 Ways Senior Leaders Create a Toxic Culture
Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ron Carucci 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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