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“That’s not fair!!!”

September 2, 2011

Small children scream at the top of their lungs what many adults feel on occasion. “Fair” is a highly subjective term, as in a game such as baseball. It’s also a relative term that, like beauty, is often in the…

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Harvard Business Review on Making Smart Decisions: A book review by Bob Morris

September 2, 2011

Harvard Business Review on Making Smart Decisions Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How best practices and expert advice can help you and your associates make smarter decisions In their classic book, Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls,…

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Add Women, Get Smarter: What’s the Deal with Social Sensitivity?

September 2, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. “Visit us daily to discover issues that matter,…

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How to Become a Great Finisher

September 2, 2011

  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. Seeing a project through to completion is difficult for many people. Even…

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Overload! A book review by Bob Morris

September 1, 2011

Overload! How Too Much Information Is Hazardous to Your Organization Jonathan B. Spira John Wiley & Sons (2011) How and why more information usually means less information has impact Chip and Dan Heath are the co-authors of two brilliant books,…

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3 Ways to Tighten Your Writing

September 1, 2011

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 http://email.hbr.org/preference-center. Writing today—a report, memo, or email—must be short if you want people to…

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What to do if you found yourself riding a dead horse?

August 31, 2011

According to the tribal wisdom of the Lakota Indians, the best strategy is to dismount. But what do they know? Few (if any) graduated from Yale, Harvard, or Princeton. Few (if any) then earned an MBA degree. What do they know…

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Does the Inclusion of Women in Team Decision Making Actually Increase a Group’s Intelligence?

August 31, 2011

Here is a brief article featured by Executive Women’s Networking Blog, sponsored by EpsteinBeckerGreen, in which Frances M. Green discusses some especially interesting revelations provided in a recent MIT study. I also located a link to the study. Please click…

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The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement: A book review by Bob Morris

August 31, 2011

The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement: Linking Strategy and Operational Excellence to Achieve Superior Performance Jeffrey K. Liker and James K. Franz McGraw-Hill (2011) How and why the Toyota Way principles can achieve excellence in every part of almost any…

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Joe’s Journal: Welcome to Global Business 101

August 31, 2011

Here is the latest post by Joseph A. Maciariello featured in the Joe’s Journal series at the Drucker Exchange (Dx) The Drucker Exchange, a platform for bettering society through effective management and responsible leadership. The Dx is produced by the…

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