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Is It Time to Shut Down Your Website?

May 13, 2011

Here is an article written by David Rogers for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. I was astonished, frankly, by the statistics he cites. If true, and I have no reason to think they aren’t, personal connections rather than institutional…

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The Best Business Books Ever: A book review by Bob Morris

May 12, 2011

The Best Business Books Ever: The Most Influential Management Books You’ll Never Have Time to Read Basic Books (2011) Note: This review is of a book published earlier this year. It is a sequel to one published in 2003. What…

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3 Ways to Get Your Ideas Heard

May 12, 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. In today’s hustle and bustle organizations, new ideas easily get lost in the…

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Cirque du Soleil: A book review by Bob Morris

May 11, 2011

Cirque du Soleil: The Spark – Igniting the Creative Fire that Lives within Us All Created by Lyn Heward and written by John U. Bacon Doubleday (2006) “From a tiny spark a great fire was kindled and its flames warmed…

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Value Migration: A book review by Bob Morris

May 11, 2011

Value Migration: How to Think Several Moves Ahead of the Competition Adrian J. Slywotsky Harvard Business Press (1995) Note: I recently re-read this book before beginning to formulate questions for an interview of Skywotsky. With all due respect to current…

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What are the most common barriers to effective communication?

May 11, 2011

In What Got You Here Won’t Get You There , Marshall Goldsmith identifies 20 of what he calls “transactional flaws performed by one erson against others” that make the workplace “substantially more noxious than it needs to be.” Here are…

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What are the basic elements of great managing?

May 11, 2011

Based on more than ten million interviews of workers in 25 countries conducted by the Gallup Organization, great managers: 1. Make their expectations crystal clear 2. Provide whatever resources may be needed to get the work done 3. Create opportunities…

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Scott Anthony offers “An Innovation Lesson from Dr. Seuss”

May 11, 2011

Here is an an article written by Scott Anthony for the Harvard Business Review blog. To check out other articles and resources and/or sign up for a free subscription to Harvard Business Review’s Daily Alerts, please click here. *     *    …

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To Win the Game, You Have to Play

May 11, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article contributed by Lynne Morton, President, Performance Improvement Solutions) to 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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Network for Quality, Not Quantity

May 11, 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. If you were to take the advice of some self-help…

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