Commentaries

How to create or increase demand for what you offer with the power of consumer engagement ideas

November 4, 2014

In the first chapter of Twitter is Not a Strategy: Rediscovering the Art of Brand Marketing, to be published by Palgrave Macmillan (November 2014), Tom Doctoroff observes, ” For those of you now associated with an organization that is struggling…

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Shawn Callahan on “How to spot a story – a simple story framework: Infographic”

November 4, 2014

With rare exception, the greatest leaders throughout history were great storytellers. They include a young carpenter from Nazareth and a self-described “country bumpkin” born in Kentucky and raised in Illinois. Here is a recent post by Shawn Callahan at anecdote.com.…

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Toward Better Teachers

November 3, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Frank Bruni to The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * More than halfway through Joel Klein’s…

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Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini on “Why and how to build a change platform, not a change program”

November 2, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They suggest that it’s not you, it’s your company. Management Innovation eXchange co-founders Hamel and Zanini…

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Matthew E. May on “How and Why the Most Engaging Ideas Leave Something Out”

November 1, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Matthew E. May 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…

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Ronald Heifetz on “The harsh realities of effective leadership: when to assert authority and when to lead”

October 31, 2014

The world is in the throes of perpetual and permanent crisis – political, financial, ethical, health. Leadership, says Harvard University’s Ronald Heifetz, is both the problem and solution. It’s dangerous work and there are no easy answers, but it can…

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Six Keys to Being Excellent at Anything

October 30, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tony Schwartz 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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How to Deal with a Mean Colleague

October 29, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Amy 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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Four more snapshots of humans in New York

October 28, 2014

Humans of New York, published by St. Martin’s Press (2013), is one of the best books I have read in several years. He and his camera have roamed the five boroughs of New York and dozens of his encounters are…

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Thomas L. Friedman on “Running on Empty: The Secret Service and the Political Class”

October 28, 2014

Over the years, I have relied on a few journalists to help me navigate my way through the forces and events that resemble a fog in everyday life, at least in mine. Tom Friedman is one of them. He is…

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