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Here’s a Diplomatic Way to Eliminate Irrelevance During Meetings

June 22, 2016

  Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * When meeting participants veer off topic, critical agenda items…

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Amy WIlkinson on “fundamental approaches to the act of creation”

June 21, 2016

The term “code” with regard to individuals is comparable with the term “secret sauce” with regard to organizations. Just as there are defining characteristics of great organizations, there are defining characteristics of exceptionally creative people. However different they may be…

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The case for a bright American future, according to billionaire Warren Buffett

June 21, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Niraj Chokshi for the Washington Post. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information , please click here. Photo Credit: Nati Harnik/AP * * * Sourpusses take…

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Matchmakers: A book review by Bob Morris

June 20, 2016

Matchmakers: The New Economics of Multisided Platforms David S. Evans and Richard Schmalensee Harvard Business Review Press (June 2016) How to help those with a need for a product or service to connect with those who can provide it, The…

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Invisible Influence: A book review by Bob Morris

June 20, 2016

Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior Jonah Berger Simon & Schuster (June 2015) Here are the “simple, subtle, and other surprising ways that others affect our behavior” Actually, the invisibility to which the book’s title refers is —…

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Bill Capodagli on “The Disney Way”: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

June 19, 2016

Bill Capodagli (pronounced Cap o die) co-authored one of Fortune magazine’s “Best Business Books of 1999,” The Disney Way. Prior to co-founding Capodagli Jackson Consulting in 1993, Bill held managerial positions at the consulting firms of AT Kearney and Ernst…

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Sprints Are the Secret to Getting More Done

June 19, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Zeratsky 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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Presentation Skills 201: A book review by Bob Morris

June 18, 2016

Presentation Skills 201: How to Take It to the Next Level as a Confident, Engaging Presenter William R. Steele Erie Publishing (2016) How you present yourself when interacting with others will probably determine what they think of you, for better…

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Drew Houston (chief executive of Dropbox) in “The Corner Office”

June 18, 2016

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 Drew Houston, chief executive of…

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