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Here is a brief excerpt from an article Tony Schwartz wrote for the Harvard Business Review blog. To check out out all the free resources at his website, please click here. * * * I decided…
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Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation Daniel J. Siegel Basic Books (2010) How and why the mind uses the brain to create itself in order “to promote physical, psychological, and interpersonal well-being In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, Polonius offers this advice…
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Carol S. Dweck Ballantine Books (2008) How to achieve sustainable growth of intellectual capabilities with the right mindset I read this book when it was first published (2006) and recently re-read it before reading Daniel Siegel’s Mindsight: The…
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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 Ken Rees, president and chief executive of Think Finance, a…
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Chip Heath’s research suggests that sticky ideas share six basic traits. • Simplicity. Messages are most memorable if they are short and deep. Glib sound bites are short, but they don’t last. Proverbs such as the golden rule are short…
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Be Bulletproof: How to achieve success in tough times at work James Brooke and Simon Brooke Vermillion (2012) How to “create your own Mongol silk shirt or develop your own bulletproof vest” The title of my review refers to James…
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The Training Measurement Book: Best Practices, Proven Methodologies, and Practical Approaches Josh Bersin Pfeiffer/A Wiley Imprint (2008) A rigorous examination of “pragmatic, actionable, specific best practices, processes and methodologies” According to Josh Bersin, the material in this book is based…
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Max Mckeown is a new breed of management guru. Brilliant, original and entertaining, he could become the most listened-to British business thinker of the new era. From CEO round-tables to conferences with thousands of people, Max Mckeown makes an impact…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Chris Gould for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here. * * *…
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The Business Insider APP 100: The World’s Greatest Apps
Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Kevin Smith that is featured by Business Insider a website at which something exciting is always happening. Credit: Jason Merriman, Business Insider On mobile devices alone, you have close to hundreds of…
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