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Remarkable Hollywood Lives

February 28, 2011

The recent Academy Awards presentations remind us again of the fact that film is among our most valuable as well as entertaining art forms. In an article written for the Wall Street Journal (February 12, 2011), Stefan Kanfer recommends his…

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Start Your Day with the Important Questions

February 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. *     *     * When you’re working on large goals,…

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How to keep your “bus” off Burn-Out Boulevard

February 27, 2011

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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How to Quit Your Job

February 27, 2011

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…

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Richard D. Fain (Royal Caribbean Cruises) in “The Corner Office”

February 27, 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 Richard D. Fain, chairman and…

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“Advocates are bred, not born….”

February 26, 2011

I agree. Every organization needs people (employees, customers, clients, allies, etc.) who are its advocates among their family members, friends, and associates. No organization ever has too many of them.  Call them whatever you wish. Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba…

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Charles S. Jacobs: First interview by Bob Morris

February 26, 2011

Jacobs is the founder and managing partner of 180 Partners, and the author of Management Rewired:  Why Feedback Doesn’t Work and Other Surprising Lessons from the Latest Brain Science. For over two decades, he has worked with leaders in Europe, Asia,…

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The world needs more sprezzatura

February 26, 2011

According 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…

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Playing ping-pong with Seth Godin

February 26, 2011

Here is a recent blog post to by Seth Godin to which I now respond, point by point: A linchpin hierarchy Do exactly what the boss says. Comment: But only after you have made every effort to help provide the…

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The power of exposition (if used effectively)

February 26, 2011

Aristotle (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…

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