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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jodi Glickman for the Harvard Business Review blog (February 14, 2011). To read the complete article, check out other articles and resources, and/or sign up for a free subscription to Harvard…
Read MoreAccording to Baldassare Castiglione (1478-1529), the term “sprezzatura” that he introduces in his classic work, The Book of the Courtier, is defined as “a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says appear…
Read MoreAristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) may well be the first person who formulated the four levels of discourse. At least I know of no sources that precede his Rhetoric and Poetics. They serve as the basis for many seminal…
Read MoreHere is an article written by Geoffrey James for BNET, 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. * …
Read MoreHere 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 can be incredibly frustrating when a…
Read MoreIn Chapter 7 of Eat People…and Other Unapologetic Rules for Game-Changing Entrepreneurs published by Portfolio/Penguin Group (2011), Andy Kessler explains the book’s title this way: He has concluded that “the best way to leverage Abundance and Scale and to create…
Read MoreHere is an article written by Mike Prokopeak for Talent Management magazine’s “Talent Management Perspectives” series. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the Talent Management and Chief Learning Officer magazines published by…
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How to keep your “bus” off Burn-Out Boulevard
Jim Collins evokes a much-discussed metaphor in Good to Great when he suggests that business leaders get the wrong people off their (presumably built-to-last) “bus” and get the right people on it. He also expects the leaders to chart a…
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