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Here is an excerpt from article written by Laura Vanderkam for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. She shares portions of a conversation with M.R. Nelson. To read the complete article, check out an abundance of valuable resources and…
Read MoreHere is a brief excerpt from an interview of Walter Kiechel, former managing editor at Fortune magazine and author of The Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World. It was conducted by Sarah Green, Senior…
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Breaking Out: How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas John Butman Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How the idea entrepreneur goes public, breaks out, and achieves influence (and how you can, too) is the subject of this…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by H. James Wilson for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to…
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During its first 100 years of existence, more than 683,000 Americans lost their lives, with the Civil War accounting for 623,026 of that total (91.2%). Comparatively, in the next 100 years, another estimated 625,000 Americans died through two World Wars…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Cindy Lubitz for Talent Management magazine. To read the complete article, check out all the resources, and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer magazines…
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What You’re Really Meant to Do: A Roadmap for Reaching Your Unique Potential Robert Steven Kaplan Harvard Business Review Press (2013) To paraphrase Walt Whitman, “We are large, we contain multitudes.” Self-improvement initiatives or, if you prefer, self-fulfillment or self-actualization…
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A first-grade teacher, Ms Brooks, was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, “Harry, what’s your problem?” Harry answered, “I’m too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I’m smarter than…
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Gettysburg and Memorial Day
President Abraham Lincoln delivered a memorable address on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy…
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