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Winston Churchill loved paraprosdokians, figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected — and frequently humorous. For example: 1. Where there’s a will, I want to be in it. 2. The…
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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. * * * A successful presentation relies on an engaged audience, which you…
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This is another video from TED, in this instance one during which Simon Sinek shares his thoughts about how great leaders inspire action. He has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and…
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Should your talent management systems attract, retain and develop the elite few or focus on improving median performers? That is a question to which John Boudreau responds in an article written for Talent Management magazine. Here is a brief excerpt.…
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Here is a brief excerpt from a recent article by Scott Weiss, one of the most thoughtful and thought-provoking thinkers in the business world. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * “There…
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I urge you to click on this link so that you can watch a TED video during which Sir Ken Robinson explains how schools today are “killing” creativity in their students. It soon becomes obvious that he is a highly…
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“The best vitamin for a Christian is B1” “Under same management for over 2000 years” “Soul food served here” “Beat the Christmas rush, come to church this Sunday!” “Don’t wait for the hearse to take you to church” “Don’t…
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The annual Army-Navy football game was played last Saturday. There are so many interesting stories associated with this game since it was first played in 1890 at West Point, New York. The U.S. Naval Academy prevailed then, 24-20, and did…
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Here is a brief blog post with a link to the complete article to which Sir Richard Branson refers. If there were a Rushmorean monument for entrepreneurs, he would undoubtably be among the four selected. Frankly, the older I get,…
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Innovate by Looking for Problem Patterns
Here is another in a series of videos produced by HBR during which major thought leaders discuss especially important business subjets. During this program, Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business School Professor, explains how to approach innovation creatively by studying the problem…
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