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Constructive criticism: 5 ways to get your point heard, every single time

August 24, 2012

Here is an article written by Amy Levin-Epstein 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. *…

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The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

August 24, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Greg McKeown 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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The New Corporate Garage

August 23, 2012

Here is an excerpt from another exceptionally well-written article written by Scott D. Anthony 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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The Rebel Entrepreneur: A book review by Bob Morris

August 22, 2012

The Rebel Entrepreneur: Rewriting the Business Rule Book Jonathan Moules Kogan-Page (2012) How and why rebel entrepreneurs “create the real growth drivers of an economy” Rebels are iconoclasts, mavericks, outliers, etc. By nature, their thinking and initiatives are unconventional, unorthodox, and quite often disruptive…

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Make No Mistake: To Err Really IS Human

August 22, 2012

Here is an excerpt from the script for a program produced for CBS Sunday Morning by CBSNews. *     *     * The humble popsicle was invented – by mistake! – when some soda pop with a stick in…

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Digital Wars: A book review by Bob Morris

August 21, 2012

Digital Wars: Apple Google Microsoft & The Battle for the Internet Charles Arthur KoganPage (2012) Brilliant fulfillment of an extended metaphor I am grateful to Charles Arthur for adding to my knowledge about Apple, Google, and their leaders as well as for adding…

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Morten T. Hansen on “When Good Management Is a Matter of Life and Death”

August 21, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Morten T. Hansen 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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Leading in the 21st century: Another Outstanding McKinsey Situation Analysis

August 20, 2012

Here is an article from The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company and written by Dominic Barton, Andrew Grant, and Michelle Horn, in which six global leaders confront the personal and professional challenges of a new era of uncertainty. To read the complete article, check…

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Us + Them: A book review by Bob Morris

August 20, 2012

Us + Them: Tapping the Positive Power of Difference Todd L. Pittinsky Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why “the power of difference” can help us to replace negative “Us-and-Them” relations with positive ones As I began to read…

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