First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 9, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Guy Kawasaki 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 here. * * * Enchantment defines a relationship with employees that is deep, delightful, [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 9, 2011

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Jo Alma (Managing Director and Head of IMD Technology for Europe and Asia at Goldman Sachs) 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 [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 9, 2011

Here is an article written by Travis Bradberry for Talent Management magazine in which he recommends four steps to manage workplace arguments. 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. * * * Arguments, disagreements and [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 9, 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 Jack Dangermond, founder and president of Esri, a company that develops geographic information systems and is based in Redlands, Calif. [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 9, 2011

Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change William Bridges DeCapo Lifelong Books (2009) Durable Insights…Practical Suggestions I read this book when it was first published (1991) and recently re-read it, curious to see how well Bridges’ ideas have held up since then. They remain rock-solid. His objective is to suggest how to “make the most [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 9, 2011

Here is a sequence of brief excerpts from an interview of David McCullough by Brian Bolduc, featured in The Wall Street Journal (June 18, 2011). To read the complete interview, please click here. * * * The popular historian David McCullough says textbooks have become “so politically correct as to be comic.” Meanwhile, the likes of [.].

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