Commentaries

Can a recognition-reward program help to achieve a decisive competitive advantage?

June 27, 2011

You bet! Consider the fact that a recent survey conducted by the O. C. Tanner Company indicates that 74% of leaders worldwide still don’t practice recognition with their employees. There are significant differences between formal recognition that is institutional and…

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How to create “a passionate love affair between a consumer and a brand.”

June 27, 2011

I have just read the revised and updated edition of Martin Lindstrom’s Brand Sense: Sensory Secrets Behind the Stuff We Buy, first published by Free Press in 2005. He has since published Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy.…

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Do a Project Premortem to Avoid a Postmortem

June 27, 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. Projects fail all the time, and most experts will tell you that…

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Four Steps to Overcome Conflicting Work Styles

June 26, 2011

Here is an article written by Robert Hosking for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here. *    …

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Perfecting Performance Management

June 25, 2011

Here is an article written by Marc Effron for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here. *     *    …

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Peter Drucker’s Recommendations for Summer Reading: Five Management Classics

June 25, 2011

I receive countless requests for summer reading suggestions and when I offer them, the frequent response is, “Haven’t heard of them. Are they bestsellers? I’m only interested in the best ever.” Well OK, but a majority of the bestsellers (whatever…

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Ahab at Starbucks

June 24, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Larry Hughes and featured by The Huffington Post. I do not remember when, where, or why I first encountered Larry but during the years since, I have posted reviews of countless…

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3 Ways to Get What You Need from Design

June 24, 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. While the business world may have developed a full-blown love affair with design,…

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Praise as Much as You Criticize

June 23, 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. Human performance is inconsistent—even world-class athletes have off days. Yet, most managers focus…

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