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Five Key Questions for Supervisors

April 28, 2017

These are among the questions in the minds of direct reports and other employees that supervisors must be willing and able to answer, NOT by what they say but rather by what they do and how they do it. “What’s…

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David Cancel (C.E.O. of Drift) in “The Corner Office”

April 28, 2017

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 David Cancel, C.E.O. of Drift,…

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Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction

April 27, 2017

Here is an introduction to a superb exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art that will continue through August 13. You can purchase museum admission tickets by clicking here. The exhibition was organized by Starr Figura, Curator, Department of Drawings…

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American Ulysses: A book review by Bob Morris

April 27, 2017

American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant Ronald C. White Random House (October 2016) A brilliant examination of a U.S. hero “from the inside out” As I often do, I read this book in combination with another, James Lee…

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The Importance of Vision to Operational High Performance

April 26, 2017

In State of Readiness, Joseph Paris, Jr. makes an important distinction: “Operations refers to processes, whereas operational refers to deals with systems — even entire enterprises. Accordingly, there must be a difference between excellence in operations, or process excellence, and…

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Mark Nathan (C.E.O. of Zipari) in “The Corner Office”

April 26, 2017

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 Mark Nathan, C.E.O. of Zipari,…

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Life moves on with or without us. The choice is ours.

April 25, 2017

In a recent blog post, Josh Linkner shares this anecdote: Two Zen monks were on a journey when they came to a riverbed. At the edge of the river was an elderly woman who was unable to cross the river…

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The dark side of transparency

April 25, 2017

  Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Julian Birkinshaw and Dan Cable for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain…

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One picture says it all….

April 24, 2017
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“Ten of the best films that most people haven’t seen or even heard of”: One Man’s Opinion

April 23, 2017

  The other day, a friend of mine said he and his wife were Netflix subscribers and “always on the look out for suggestions from film buffs.” He then asked, “Which are the best films that most people haven’t seen…

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