Commentaries

Revisiting Jim Collins

October 6, 2011

Rarely do I re-read a business book but recently made an exception with Jim Collins’ How the Mighty Fall because I wanted to correlate his five-stage process of decline with what Richard Tedlow has to say about once-great companies whose…

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Innovative Companies Demand Innovative Leaders

October 5, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton Christensen for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to…

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How to Stop Making Decisions That Waste Time and Money

October 5, 2011

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. Many managers rely on gut instinct to make important decisions, which often leads…

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Putting Steve Jobs in perspective

October 4, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an especially insightful article written by Nancy Koehn. It is part of The Washington Post‘s recent  On Leadership roundtable exploring Tim Cook’s succession of Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple, and how to follow in…

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How to Kick the Multi-Tasking Addiction

October 4, 2011

Here is an article written by Margaret Heffernan for BNET (March 3, 2011), The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. *    …

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What is on your own “one piece of paper”?

October 4, 2011

I agree with Albert Einstein that it is important to “make everything as simple as possible but no simpler.” One of the best exercises for learning how to do that is what Mike Figliuolo introduces in his new book, One…

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Finding the courage to shrink

October 3, 2011

Here is an excerpt from another excellent article featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. Bill Huyett and Tim Koller acknowledge that spinning off businesses can have real advantages in creating value—if  executives understand how. To…

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3 Networking Traps to Avoid

October 3, 2011

    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. Not all networking is created equally. In fact, developing certain kinds…

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Josh Linkner on Planting Seeds…Lots of Seeds

October 3, 2011

Here’s a recent post by Josh Linkner. His life continues to be an inspiring fulfillment of the values he affirms. I urge you to read his book, Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity, and to visit his website…

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Lessons to be learned from Pixar about a “creative culture”

October 1, 2011

Here is my take on what Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson learned during a lengthy and probing study of the Pixar culture: 1. Celebrate failure with the same intensity as you celebrate success. View each setback as a precious learning…

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