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The Presidents: Noted Historians Rank America’s Best–and Worst–Chief Executives Brian Lamb and Susan Swain, with special contributions by Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford, and Richard Norton Smith PublicAffairs (April 2019) Whatever the specific rankings, here is an abundance of valuable…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Thomas L. Friedman for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep-discount subscription rates, please click here. Credit: Doug Mills/The New York…
Read MoreHere is an excerpt from an article written by Jordana Valencia 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, please click…
Read MoreThe British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (The Revolution Trilogy) Rick Atkinson Henry Holt & Company (May 2019) Another masterpiece to be savored and cherished I read and reviewed Rick Atkinson’s Liberation Trilogy — An…
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In his recently published biography, Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination, Brian Jay Jones shares a wealth of information and insights about a culural icon. As you may not already know about Geisel: 1904:…
Read MoreWhen Anne Mulcahy was selected by the Xerox board of directors in 2001 to serve as the company’s new president and CEO, she contacted a number of people requesting advice as she began to assume her new duties. When…
Read MoreHere is a brief excerpt from an article written by Kabir Ahuja, Abhinav Goel, and Kate Siegel for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm,…
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The “three rules of snakes”
In What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture, Ben Horowitz shares this anecdote from his years with the Netscape organization. After Jim Barksdale became the new CEO, he introduced his way of thinking this…
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