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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 Strategy Book Max Mckeown FT Press (2012) “All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory evolved.” Sun Tzu Among Max Mckeown’s “Final words” (Page 224) are…
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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.* * * It may be obvious that you can’t solve a problem that’s not…
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Here is an excerpt from another brilliant article written by Stewart Friedman 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,…
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John R. Perry has made significant contributions to many areas of philosophy, including philosophy of language, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind. He is known primarily for his work on situation semantics (together with Jon Barwise), reflexivity, indexicality, and self-knowledge. He is the Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor…
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Ken Rees (Think Finance) in “The Corner Office”
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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