Commentaries

How to resolve the current “gridlock” in the federal government

December 4, 2012

All members of the executive, administrative, and judicial branches of the federal government are employees of United States taxpayers who also own various real estate properties such as Camp David and the White House, as well as the Capital and…

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John Cleese on “5 Factors to Make Your Life More Creative”

December 3, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from a recent blog post by Maria Popova, founder of Brain Pickings as well as an “interestingness hunter-gatherer” and curious mind at large. She also writes for Wired UK and The Atlantic, among others, and is an…

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How to Keep Your To-Do List Fresh with the 3-Day Rule

December 3, 2012

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 to-do list is only useful if you cross things…

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Deborah L. Jacobs on “10 Things To Do When You Win The Lottery”

December 2, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Deborah L. Jacobs and featured by Forbes magazine. To read the complete article, check out other sources, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. *…

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Your Most Pressing Management Concerns: What You’ve Told Us

December 1, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Andrea Ovans for the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click…

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The Indispensable, Unlikely Leadership of Abraham Lincoln

December 1, 2012

Here is a link to an interview with Gautam Mukunda, Harvard Business School assistant professor and author of Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter. The HBR IdeaCast is a weekly series, bringing you the analysis and advice of the leading minds…

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Here are strategy+business magazine’s “Best Business Books of 2012”

November 30, 2012

Theodore Kinni has just published an article in which he announces strategy+business magazine‘s “Best Business Books of 2012.”  They are grouped within eight separate categories. s+b is published by Booz & Company. To read the complete article, check out other…

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Colin Price on “Leadership and the art of plate spinning”

November 30, 2012

In this article featured in The McKinsey Quarterly published by McKinsey & Company, Colin Price explains why senior executives will better balance people and priorities by embracing the paradoxes of organizational life. Here is a brief excerpt from it. To…

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Maxwell Wessel and Clayton M. Christensen on “Surviving Disruption”

November 30, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Maxwell Wessel and Clayton M. Christensen for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. Photography: Nash…

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The Essential CIO: Insights from IBM’s Global Chief Information Officer Study (2011)

November 30, 2012

How are technology leaders helping their organizations adapt to the accelerating change and complexity that mark today’s competitive and economic landscape? To find out, IBM interviewed 3,018 CIOs, spanning 71 countries and 18 industries. Public and private sector CIOs described…

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