Commentaries

What’s your hedgehog?

June 30, 2011

In his essay The Hedgehog and the Fox, Isaiah Berlin divides the world ‘s creatures into hedgehogs and foxes, based on an ancient Greek parable: “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” Jim Collins picks…

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Colleges should stop imitating Harvard

June 28, 2011

Here is an excerpt from a special article co-authored by Clayton Christensen and Henry Eyring featured by CNN online. To read the complete article and check out a wealth of other resources, please click here. *     *     * • CNN.com’s…

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Intending to be innovative? Be sure you ask the right questions first before seeking answers

June 28, 2011

Those familiar with my book reviews, interviews, and commentaries already know that I have several favorite quotations that I use whenever appropruate. Here are two. In 1963, Peter Drucker observed that “there is surely nothing quite so useless as doing…

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3 Tips for Leading People Older Than You

June 28, 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. Seniority no longer reigns in today’s organizations. In fact, it’s not uncommon…

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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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