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Turn Your Competitors into Allies

April 6, 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.   *     *     * When a colleague’s agenda is seemingly opposed to your…

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Disciplined Dreaming: A book review by Bob Morris

April 6, 2011

Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity Josh Linkner Jossey-Bass (2011) Dreaming on “the other side of complexity” The title of this book refers to what its subtitle promises to provide: “a proven system to drive breakthrough creativity,”…

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Two thought-provoking perspectives on the “crisis of capitalism”

April 5, 2011

Here are brief excerpts from two articles featured by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. I suggest you read them in the order in which they appear here, then click where indicated to read each in its entirety.…

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As One, From Many

April 5, 2011

Here is a terrific article featured by the Drucker Exchange (DX) based on the latest program in its Drucker Business Forum series sponsored by Claremont Business University. *     *     * We caught an interesting talk at…

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Cultivate a Culture of Confidence

April 5, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rosabeth Moss Kanter for the Harvard Business Review‘s “The Conversations” series. To read the complete article, check out other articles and resources, and/or sign up for a free subscription to Harvard…

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Harry Beckwith: A second interview by Bob Morris

April 5, 2011

  Harry Beckwith is a frequent guest lecturer for many national corporations, including ABC, Inc., BellSouth Corporation, Norwest Corporation, and Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., among others. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His published works include Selling the Invisible, What…

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Most Valuable Business Insights: 16-20

April 4, 2011

After having read and reviewed so many business books, I now share brief comments about what I consider to be the 25 most valuable business insights and the books in which they are either introduced or (one man’s opinion) best…

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The Joy of Housework

April 4, 2011

Here is another post at Laura Vanderkam’s “Just a Minute” online newsletter. She is the author of 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think, published by Portfolio/Penguin Group (2010). To check out all the resources Vanderkam offers, please…

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How My Company Hires for Culture First, Skills Second

April 4, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Alan Lewis for the Harvard Business Review’s “The Conversations” series. To read the complete article, check out other articles and resources, and/or sign up for a free subscription to Harvard Business Review’s…

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Chris Cunningham (Appssavvy) in “The Corner Office”

April 3, 2011

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Chris Cunningham, co-founder and C.E.O.…

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