The Great Workplace: How to Build It, How to Keep It, and Why It Matters Michael Burchell and Jennifer Robin Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2011) This is a book I have eagerly awaited. Year after year, Fortune posts its annual list…
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Reputation Rules: Strategies for Building Your Company’s Most Valuable Asset Daniel Diermeier AMACOM (2011) Why a reputation strategy is imperative and how to formulate, execute, an then manage one It is no coincidence that on Fortune magazine’s annual lists of…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Mel Stark and Mark Royal for Talent Management magazine (5/10/2011). To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and Chief Learning Officer magazines…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Dorie Clark 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…
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Workforce of One: Revolutionizing Talent Management Through Customization Susan M. Cantrell and David Smith Harvard Business Press (2010) According to Susan M. Cantrell and David Smith, the single most important factor contributing to superior business results is how supported employees…
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Here are two of Dan Roam’s core beliefs: “I believe that any problem can be solved with a picture. And that anybody can draw it.” That’s not a BS blurb from one of his books, articles, or speeches. He lives those…
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Doing Both: Capturing Today’s Profit and Driving Tomorrow’s Growth Inder Sidhu FT Press/Pearson (2010) Organizational transformation is not — repeat not – a zero-sum game One of the most self-defeating mindsets is suggested by the admonition, “You can’t have your…
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Conley is the founder and CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, California’s largest boutique hotel company, founded in 1987. At the age of 26 with no industry experience, Chip created The Phoenix, taking a 1950s seedy motel and turning it…
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The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO’s Strategies for Defeating the Devil’s Advocate and Driving Creativity Throughout Your Organization Thomas Kelley with Jonathan Littman Doubleday (2005) I recently re-read two books written by Tom Kelley with Jonathan Littman, this one and…
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Finding a Piece That Fits
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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