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If I were to compile a list of my ten favorite non-business works of non-fiction, four of then were written by Erik Larson: o Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (1999) o The Devil…
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Opinions continue to be divided — and sometimes sharply divided — with regard to whether or not it is possible to balance and/or integrate a career with a personal life. The discussions are especially lively when the focus is on…
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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. * * * Struggling companies have a hard time keeping employees engaged because leaders…
Read MoreIn 1991, Shaka Senghor shot and killed a man. He was, he says, “a drug dealer with a quick temper and a semi-automatic pistol.” Jailed for second-degree murder, that could very well have been the end of the story. But…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Alexandra Samuel 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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Here is a reprise of a blog post that offers several valuable reminders now when civility remains an endangered species in our society. The way I heard it, Coach Bryant told the following story at a Touchdown Club meeting many…
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Here is a brief article by Orion Jones for bigthink.com, a website that offers an abundant variety of information, insights, and counsel in videos, articles, playlists as well as material from experts and a special “Edge” section. I urge you…
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In the final chapter of his latest book, The High-Speed Company, written with Larry Haughton, Jason Jennings cites a conversation in one of Kurt Vonnegut’s novels, Bluebeard, when the painter Rabo Kazrabekian listens to his neighbor, Paul Slazinger, who tells…
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Do your training efforts drive performance?
Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Richard Benson-Armer, Silke-Susann Otto, and Nick van Dam for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They observe: “Building organizational capabilities is a top strategic priority, but an inability…
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