Commentaries

Encounters with Shakespeare

April 24, 2016

This spring is the four-hundredth anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, seen here in a 1609 oil portrait. Credit: Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collection/Getty April 23rd is believed to be the date on which Shakespeare was born in 1564 as…

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The Best Leaders Keep an Open Mind

April 23, 2016

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * We often think of great leaders as having the conviction…

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Innovation Springs from the Unexpected Meeting of Minds

April 22, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Beth Comstock 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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Jeffrey Fox on Innovative Marketing & Social Media

April 21, 2016

In a recent conversation with best selling author, Jeffrey Fox, I asked him: “Jeff, there is no end of really innovative social media now available to sales and marketing people. When it comes to business-to-business selling, specifically, what social media…

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Malcolm Gladwell got it wrong: “Deliberate practice” — not 10,000 hours — key to achievement, psychologist says

April 21, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Tristin Hopper for the National Post which focuses on the so-called “10,000 hour rule” – enshrined in Gladwell’s bestselling 2008 book Outliers – a misinterpretation by Gladwell that mastery in any…

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Remembering Andy Grove, Mentor and Defender of Silicon Valley

April 21, 2016

Here is a brief article by Adam Lashinsky for Fortune Magazine in which remembers Andy Grove, one of the most important entrepreneurs throughout U.S. business history. To check out other resources and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo Credit:…

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Recruit Top Talent to Your New Team

April 21, 2016

  Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * Whether you’re a founder of a startup, a young…

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How the Founder of Four Seasons Stumbled Into the Hotel Business

April 20, 2016

Once an architect, Isadore Sharp is an unlikely leader in the hotel business. Here is an excerpt from an article by Dinah Eng for Fortune magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click…

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Creating a Strategy That Works: Five Acts Fit Together

April 20, 2016

The most farsighted enterprises have mastered five unconventional practices for building and using distinctive capabilities. Here is an excerpt from a recent article co-authored by Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, featured in business+strategy magazine, published by strategy&PwC (formerly Booz &…

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The Wisdom of Mark Twain

April 19, 2016

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the latter often called “The Great American Novel.”…

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