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The Right to Win

January 25, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Cesare Mainardi with Art Kleiner for strategy+business magazine (published November 23, 2010/ Winter 2010 / Issue 61), published by Booz & Company. To read the complete article and check out other…

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Chewing on Amy Chua….

January 25, 2011

Opinions are certainly divided on the subject of Amy Chua’s views on parenting. The Yale Law School professor’s recently published book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (Portfolio HC Press, 2011), has created a firestorm of controversy (how many have…

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Successful Strategic Planning

January 24, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Richard Verity and Simon Mills for strategy+business magazine (December 13, 2010). To read the complete article and check out other online resources, please click here. *     *     * In times of…

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Jeremy Allaire (Brightcove) in “The Corner Office”

January 23, 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 Jeremy Allaire, chairman and…

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A must-read interview: Isaac Bashevis Singer on “ The Art of Fiction”

January 22, 2011

I agree that the great books “speak for themselves”…and do so with unique eloquence. However, there is no documentation to suggest that authors such as Homer, Sophocles, Chaucer, Cervantes, and Shakespeare were ever interviewed. Oh, do I wish I could…

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Michael Porter: Rethinking Capitalism the Next Major Business Transformation

January 22, 2011

Here is an article written by Sean Silverthorne 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 Desperation Drives Highly Successful People

January 21, 2011

Steve Toback 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 to Bring Innovations to Market

January 21, 2011

Here is an excerpt from Theodore Kinni’s interview of Vijay Govindarajan for strategy+business magazine. To read the complete interview, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. *     *     * Management professor Vijay…

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6 Ways to Short Circuit a Temper Tantrum

January 19, 2011

Here is an article written by Jessica Stillman 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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Wet highways do not cause rain.

January 19, 2011

Many people confuse symptoms with causes when attempting to solve problems. In an article written for Harvard Business Review in 1963, Peter Drucker observed, “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be…

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