Commentaries

Scott Berkun on “What To Do When Things Go Wrong”

August 29, 2013

In Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management (O’Reilly Media 2008), Scott Berkun provides an abundance of information, insights, and counsel on how to master project management, whatever the nature and extent of a project may be. Inevitably, problems develop once a…

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Good Artists Copy; Great Artists Steal

August 28, 2013

“Good Artists Copy; Great Artists Steal” Who said it first? Steve Jobs? Pablo Picasso? T. S. Eliot? W. H. Davenport Adams? Lionel Trilling? Igor Stravinsky? William Faulkner? Apocryphal? Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Garson O’Toole…

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Why Positivity is So Essential in the Workplace

August 27, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Marla Gottschalk for LinkedIn. She explains why the importance of “psychological capital” is incalculable when attempting to determine the value of an individual or team as well as the value of…

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Tom Kelley and David Kelley on the Care and Feeding of an Innovation Team

August 26, 2013

In Tom Kelley and David Kelley’s book, Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All (Crown Business, October 2013), they offer some excellent advice on the “care and feeding of an innovation team.” Here is an abbreviation of their…

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A Study in Sinatra: There are times when you just do whatever must be done

August 26, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Marla Gottschalk for LinkedIn. She cites an unlikely source for valuable business lessons when explaining why, when we are “not onboard” and are reluctant to “buy in” with regard to an…

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How Do You Create Innovation in Your Business? Kill the Company

August 24, 2013

Here is a brief portion of an interview of Lisa Bodell by Raul Candeloro in an article written by Glenn Burr for the Inc. Small Giants Community (ISGC). To read the complete article, check out other resources, and learn more…

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Nicole Lipkin on “Five Steps for Active Listening”

August 23, 2013

In What Keeps Leaders Up at Night: Recognizing and Resolving Your Most Troubling Management Issues, published by AMACOM, Nicole Lipkin offers a wealth of information, insights, and counsel on how to accelerate personal growth and personal development. I am especially…

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Sophia McDougall on “Why I hate Strong Female Characters”

August 23, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Sophia McDougall for NewStatesman in which objects to the fact that “Sherlock Holmes gets to be brilliant, solitary, abrasive, Bohemian, whimsical, brave, sad, manipulative, neurotic, vain, untidy, fastidious, artistic, courteous, rude,…

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Patrick Lencioni on “Leadership and The New Pope”

August 22, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Patrick Lencioni for his “Pat’s POV” series featured at his website. To read the complete article, check out all the other resources, and sign up for email alerts, please click here.…

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Jeff Weiner on “The Highest ROI Management Tool in Business”

August 22, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * This image was recently emailed to one of the senior-most technology executives at LinkedIn. In…

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