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Are You Ready for a Black Swan? Stress-Testing the Enterprise with Disrupter Analysis

August 22, 2011

Here is an excerpt from another article written by Matthew Le Merle and featured online by Booz & Company. As he explains in the article, Black Swans—unanticipated, catastrophic events—are impossible to predict on an individual basis, but they regularly occur.…

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Steve Brill’s Report Card on School Reform

August 22, 2011

Sara Mosle’s vigorous review of Steven Brill‘s book, Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America’s Schools, appears in The New York Times‘ Book Review section (August 21, 2011). From my perspective, she offers an uncommonly balanced examination of Brill’s…

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Finding a Piece That Fits

August 21, 2011

Here is another lively and informative article from the folks at the Drucker Exchange (Dx). It is a platform for bettering society through effective management and responsible leadership. It is sponsored and supported by the Drucker Institute, a think tank…

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10 Behaviors Great Managers Do

August 21, 2011

Here is an article written by Steve Tobak for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. *    …

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Motivating Behavior Change: Boosting Performance by Mobilizing Pride Builders

August 21, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Jon Katzenbach, Laird Post, Jonathan Gruber, and Aurelie Viriot, featured by The Katzenbach Center at Booz & Company. They explain how and why achieving strategic goals and accelerating performance results often…

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Terri Ludwig (Enterprise Community Partners) in “The Corner Office”

August 21, 2011

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 Terri Ludwig, president and chief…

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How Communication Strategies Can Really Engage Employees

August 20, 2011

Here is an article written by Marcia Xenitelis for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here. *    …

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Eugene A. Fitzgerald: An interview by Bob Morris

August 20, 2011

Eugene A. Fitzgerald was born in Springfield, MA, USA. He received a BS degree in Materials Science and Engineering in 1985 from MIT and his PhD in the same discipline from Cornell University in 1989. Building upon his early experience at AT&T Bell Labs, he…

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Dave and Wendy Ulrich: An interview by Bob Morris

August 19, 2011

Dave Ulrich‘s work passion has been how to build organization capabilities (systems, processes, cultures) that create value to multiple stakeholders, then to help leaders build intangible value in organizations. Working with over half of the Fortune 200 and with companies…

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5 Behaviors Great Bosses Never Do

August 19, 2011

Here is an excerpt from another thought-provoking article written by Jeff Haden for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please…

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