Commentaries

Obama’s Accreditation Reforms of Higher Education: A Briefing

August 3, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an especially timely as well as informative article written by for Irene White for Your Accreditation Advocate Blog, featured by the AccreditedOnlineColleges.com. Please check out the information about AccreditedOnlineColleges.com provided below, after the excerpt. To read…

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Fact Behind The Fiction: 5 Great Historicals For Summer

August 2, 2013

Here is an excerpt from another “book report” from NPR provided by Jean Zimmerman. She discusses five of her favorites. Here is the first. To read the complete article, please click here. Illustration: Andrew Bannecker * * * “So was…

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The Latest Findings on Workplace Happiness

August 2, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Dan Bowling for Talent Management magazine. To read the complete article, check out all the resources, and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer magazines…

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How to Quit Your Job Like Sherwood Anderson: The Best Resignation Letter Ever Written

August 1, 2013

Here is an excerpt from a recent post by Maria Popova at her website, Brain Pickings. If you have not as yet checked out this treasure trove of brain food, please do so ASAP. Meanwhile, I invite you to feast…

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Malcolm Gladwell on “ANNALS OF BUSINESS: When underdogs break the rules”

August 1, 2013

Here is the first portion of an article written by Malcolm Gladwell for The New Yorker. To read the complete article and others of his, please click here. * * * When Vivek Ranadivé decided to coach his daughter Anjali’s…

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How to Handle an Abusive Person

July 31, 2013

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. * * * Some people are demanding; others are downright rude. If you’re…

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Two invaluable tips on making an effective presentation

July 30, 2013

The fundamentals were determined centuries ago: o Know what you are talking about o Care deeply about what you are talking about o Establish and then sustain direct eye contact with your audience o Limit yourself to the fewest number…

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John Mattone’s 16 Laws of Intelligent Leadership

July 30, 2013

None of John Mattone’s “laws” is a head-snapper but all of them are anchored in a wealth of human experience that can be traced back at least three millennia to the Aecheans’ siege of Troy. In fact, I do not…

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Rajat Paharia on “The Three Faces of Loyalty”

July 30, 2013

In the first chapter of his recently published book, Loyalty 3.0: How to Revolutionize Customer and Employee Engagement with Big Data and Gamification, Rajat Paharia shares what he characterizes as “The Three Faces of Loyalty.” Here is a briefing on…

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Dan Goleman on “Three Must-Haves for Team Creativity”

July 29, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Dan Goleman and featured by LinkedIn. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * What can a manager do to optimize team creativity? And what do they…

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