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Oracles: How Prediction Markets Turn Employees into Visionaries Donald N. Thompson Harvard Business Review Press (2012) Why and how “prediction market democracy” tends to make better decisions that, eventually, produce better results Donald Thompson is an advocate of “prediction market democracy” because a prediction market can “revolutionize the…
Read MoreHere is an article written by Steve Tobak for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the website’s newsletters, please click here. Image courtesy of Flickr user Robert Scarth …
Read MoreThe Transformative CEO: Impact Lessons from Industry Game Changers Jeffrey J. Fox and Robert Reiss McGraw-Hill (2012) How and why leaders transform themselves so that they will be more effective transforming their organizations Each year, the average tenure of a new CEO becomes shorter and…
Read MoreBrian Doyle is one of my favorite contemporary writers. Just as certain books can be “magic carpets” to exciting new intellectual and emotional adventures, so can writers and Doyle is among the best of them. Here is a brief excerpt…
Read MoreDo Nothing! How to Stop Overmanaging and Become a Great Leader J. Keith Murnighan Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2012) How to lead more effectively by doing less and helping others to do more…and do it better The title of this book attracts attention but is misleading.…
Read MoreHere is an excerpt from another outstanding article featured by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. It was co-authored by Matthew Guthridge, Asmus B. Komm, and Emily Lawson. Granted, this article appeared several years ago but what it reveals and explains is, if anything, even more relevant — and more…
Read MoreThink and Grow Rich: The Original Classic Napoleon Hill, with an Introduction by Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone Publishing Ltd. (2009) The “Supreme Secret” of success: “Anything the human mind can believe, the human mind can achieve.” Those who have read one…
Read MoreHere is an excerpt from an article written by Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * *…
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8 Things Great Bosses Demand from Employees
Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Geoffrey James and featured online by Inc. magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * When your team asks you…
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