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Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen Donald Miller HarperCollins Leadership/An Imprint of HarperCollins (October 2017) How and why “story makes music out of noise” and “can grow your business” if performed well If you did not…
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Dr. Z: The Lost Memoirs of an Irreverent Football Writer Paul Zimmerman with Peter King (Editor) Triumph Books (2017) A compelling self-portrait of a sportswriter who had “a real problem with authority”…or something The title of this brief commentary is…
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Think Bigger: And 39 Other Winning Strategies from Successful Entrepreneurs Michael W. Sonnenfeldt Bloomberg Press (September 2017) “90% of startups fail: Here’s what you need to know about the other 10%.” Neil Patel I appropriated the title of Patel’s Forbes…
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Biograpy.com is one of the best online sources for biography and general history material. For example: Greta Garbo is best known for her acting career, in both silent and talking films before World War II. “I was born. I had…
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Here is an excerpt from an article by Kim Lightbody for Fast Company magazine in which she briefly explains how each of ten breakthrough innovations have had a great impact on the workplace. To read the complete article, check out…
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Drawing: Frank Cotham for The New Yorker In Quirky, Melissa A. Schilling focuses on eight “breakthrough innovators”: Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Elon Musk, Dean Kamen, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs. While doing so, she draws upon…
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The Invisible Leader: Transform Your Life, Work, and Organization with the Power of Authentic Purpose Zach Mercurio Advantage Media Group (October 2017) “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” Friedrich Nietzsche During an interview years…
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Here is an excerpt from an interview Alison Beard conducted 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 here.…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription information, and register to receive email alerts,…
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The First Thanksgiving: Bet You Didn’t Know
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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