Commentaries
Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Mark Hordes and featured in the Organizational Excellence Journal. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * The month of March is a time that I will…
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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. * * * It’s not enough to build a network, you also…
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I read Robert D. Putnam ‘s Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community when it was first published (in 2000) and one of my reactions then was that his use of the bowling metaphor was limited to bowling…
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“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” Robert Jordan “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an outstanding article co-authored by John Horn and Darren Pleasance, featured in The McKinsey Quarterly published by McKinsey & Company. Reinvigorating small business starts with identifying the high-growth firms that disproportionately drive economic activity…
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Here is an excerpt from a recent blog post by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton, the co-founders of Culture Works. To read the complete article and check out other resources, please click here. * * * Too often in our…
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Quite by accident, I came upon an excellent example of leadership resilience at the Beliefnet website, the modern day fable of The Donkey in the Well. * * * One day a farmer’s donkey fell into a deep well. The…
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This week TED published a playlist called 10 Talks About the Beauty—and Difficulty—of Being Creative. Included in the playlist: David Kelley’s 2012 TED talk, “How To Build Your Creative Confidence,” and Tim Brown’s 2008 talk, “Tales of Creativity and Play.”…
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“Great space has no corners. Great talent ripens late. Great eloquence is silent. Great form is shapeless. The subtle essence of the universe is hidden and Indefinable, yet its benefit is always bestowed.” Lao Tzu “The enemy of art is the absence…
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Ruth Mantell on “Must-Have Job Skills in 2013”
According to a Chinese proverb, the best time to plant a tree was 100 years ago; the next best time is now. In that spirit, I now begin to post some material that may be of interest and value to…
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