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“The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth,” from 1914, by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe I am among those who believe that those who wrote the screenplay for The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck, should be credited with…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Kevin Bright, Josef Kouba, Sheldon Lyn, and Pieter Reynders for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the…
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Sailing True North:Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character Admiral James Stavridis USN (Retired) Penguin Press (October 2019) Why “a constant process of self-examination is at the heart of improving our character” As I began to read James Stavridis’ latest…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Francesca Gino 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…
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Game-Time Decision Making: High-Scoring Business Strategies from the Biggest Names in Sports David Meltzer McGraw-Hill (October 2019) How and why you have to get out of your own way in order to get wherever you want to go There are…
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History.com is one of the best online sources for history material. For example: In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.…
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Create in a Flash: A Leader’s Recipe for Breakthrough Innovation Roger Firestien Green Tractor Publishing (October 2019) Practical advice on how to achieve high-impact results with breakthrough innovation Whatever their size and nature may be, all organizations need effective leadership…
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Here is another superb article from David Gelles for The New York Times in which he shares his conversation with Doug Parker. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep-discount subscriptions, please click here. *…
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Contagious You: Unlock Your Power to Influence, Lead, and Create the Impact You Want Anese Cavanaugh McGraw-Hill (November 2019) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford To what does the title refer? According…
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On Two Airlines: Southwest and United
In Restoring the Soul of Business, Rishad Tobaccowala shares his thoughts about the high cost of overreliance on humans or machines — but not on both. He explains how to reclaim human creativity, insight, and relationships with other humans as…
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