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One never knows how previous experiences and current contacts can spur new ideas and opportunities. Danny Stern is testament to this. He joined Stern + Associates in January 2002 after 24 years in the lecture industry, and is an integral…
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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 Tracy Dolgin, president and chief…
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Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto Adam Werbach Harvard Business Press (2009) Note: I recently re-read this book and learned even more of value this time. As Werbach explains in the Introduction, all companies have the opportunity to formulate and…
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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life Alice Schroeder Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, First Edition (2008) To a great extent, his life has been business…and business has been his life I recently re-read Roger Lowenstein’s biography, Buffett: The Making…
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Congratulations to William Zinsser, a finalist for this year’s National Magazine Award in the category of Digital Commentary. Read all of Zinsser’s online essays about writing, popular culture, and the arts here. FYI, here are the finalists: Commentary, Digital Media…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by George Dohrmann and published in Sports Illustrated magazine (March 5, 2012). As I began to read the article, I was reminded of a poem, Ozmandias, written by Percy Bysshe Shelley…
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The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2011) A 21st century version of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave In his comments in the “Editor’s Note”…
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Here is an excerpt from another excellent article in Jeff Haden‘s “Owner’s Manual” series for Inc. magazine. To read the complete article, check out other online resources, and obtain information, please click here. * * * Forget about raises and…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Andreas Kluth 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…
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Adam Werbach on “Nature’s Simple Rules”
In Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto, published by Harvard Business Press (2009), Werbach identifies and then discusses what he characterizes as “Nature’s Simple Rules” as a basis of strategy and execution. They are: 1. Diversity across generations to support…
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