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Beyond Digital: How Great Leaders Transform Their Organizations and Shape the Future Paul Leinwand and Mahadeva Matt Mani Harvard Business Review Press (January 2022) “The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed yet.” William Gibson Whatever their…
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A Thousand Ships: A Novel Hardcover Natalie Haynes Harper/An imprint of Harper Collins (January 2021) This is an epic reading experience unlike any other. I have never read another book that I enjoyed more that was — at the same…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Juliet Bourke for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…
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Influence and Impact: Discover and Excel at What Your Organization Needs from You the Most Bill Berman and George Bradt Wiley (June 2021) What your organization REALLY wants from you may not be what you think it is According to…
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Here is another selection of insights (and outsights) from a very observant man, Steven Wright. o I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. o Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.…
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The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware Patrick K. O’Donnell Atlantic Monthly Press (2021) How a “band of brothers” at the right place and at the right time helped…
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Chip Heath’s research suggests that sticky ideas share six basic traits. • Simplicity. Messages are most memorable if they are short and deep. Glib sound bites are short, but they don’t last. Proverbs such as the golden rule are short…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Dan Cable for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…
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Winning on Purpose: The Unbeatable Strategy of Loving Customers Fred Reichheld with Darci Darnell and Maureen Burns Harvard Business Review Press (December 2017) Need an unbeatable strategy for success? Enrich the lives of your customers. Years ago, Southwest Airlines’ then…
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How to Increase the Power and Impact of what you wish to communicate
In a recent article featured in The New Yorker, Calvin Trfillin explains the power and impact of the lede, a writer’s device to attract and then capture attention. As you may already know, the introduction to a news article is…
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