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14 Lessons From Benjamin Franklin About Getting What You Want In Life

May 4, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an article featured online by Business Insider. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for a free subscription, please click here. *     *     * Benjamin Franklin was a man…

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TouchPoints: A book review by Bob Morris

May 3, 2012

TouchPoints: Creating Powerful Leadership Connections in the Smallest Moments Douglas Conant and Mette Norgaard Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2011) How to prepare for and then embrace the privilege of being of meaningful service to others This volume endorses the principles of servant…

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Why Empathy Is The Most Powerful Leadership Tool

May 3, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an especially thought-provoking and informative article written  by Ginny Whitelaw and featured online by Fast Company magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. *     *    …

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Happiness Drives Business Results? Not So Fast…

May 2, 2012

Here is an article written by Dan Bowling 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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Introverts: How to Network in Your Own Way

May 2, 2012

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.*     *     *Networking is essential to thriving in business. But if you’re an introvert with…

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What great employees do

May 2, 2012

Here 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. *     *  …

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How to Deal With the Workplace Bully

May 1, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Frank Kalman 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 Ikea Edge: A book review by Bob Morris

May 1, 2012

The Ikea Edge: Building Global Growth and Social Good at the World’s Most Iconic Home Store Anders Dahlvig McGraw-Hill (2012) Outstanding corporate citizenship and outstanding financial performance are NOT mutually-exclusive What’s in a name? If the name is Ikea, it tells you who founded the company…

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The importance of deliberate mistakes and planned serendipity to innovation

May 1, 2012

Two recently published books, Paul Schoemaker’s Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success on the Far Side of Failure and Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business co-authored by Thor Muller and Lane Becker, have much of value to say about innovation…

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A baker’s dozen of delicious quotations

April 30, 2012

As you already know, there are endless uses for quotations. Here are thirteen that caught my eye.  “When you have learned something, that always feels at first as if you’ve lost something.”  H.G. Wells “What the mothers sings to the cradle goes all the…

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