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Marcus Buckingham on “Problem Solving”

February 16, 2011

Here’s the “Tip of the Month” from the Marcus Buckingham Company (TMBC). Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, TMBC s a management consulting firm that specializes in the creation of strengths-based training, consulting and executive coaching solutions for organizations worldwide. To…

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How to help people grapple and grow

February 16, 2011

As Edward M. Hallowell explains in his most recent book, Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People, published by Harvard Business Review Press (2011), “Many people need help in getting rid of the obstacles in their…

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Atlas Mugged: The 12 Sleazy Reasons CEOs Really Like Ayn Rand

February 16, 2011

Here is an excerpt from a lively article written by Jim Edwards for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network (February 14, 2011). To read the complete article, check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to…

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Do You Have a Growth Mindset?

February 16, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Hagel III and John Seely Brown for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out other articles and resources, and/or sign up for a free subscription…

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Smart Leaders Don’t Just Learn, They Teach

February 16, 2011

Here is an article written by William C. Taylor for BNET (January 4, 2011), 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,…

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Stephen J. Bistritz: An interview by Bob Morris

February 14, 2011

Steve Bistritz has more than 40 years of high-tech sales, sales management, and training management experience. He is a published author and lecturer in the field of sales, sales management and selling to executives who spent more than 27 years with IBM in sales and training-related…

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F. Mark Gumz (Olympus Corporation of the Americas) in “The Corner Office”

February 13, 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 F. Mark Gumz, the president…

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Are entrepreneurs bad at execution?

February 12, 2011

Here is an article written by Jay Steinfeld 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. *    …

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How we do it: Strategic tests from four senior executives

February 12, 2011

During the conversation that follows,conducted in January 2011 and featured by The McKinsey Quarterly online, former Merck CEO Raymond Gilmartin and three other leaders share their approaches to testing strategy. Note: Given the length of the conversation, I have included…

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“Just how high can a dead cat bounce?”

February 12, 2011

I recently read James Geary’s new book, I Is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How It Shapes the Way We See the World, published by Harper/An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2011). He observes: “Finance and economics are…

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