Wed.Jul 20, 2011

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Retrain Your Brain

First Friday Book Synopsis

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. Every leader faces a share of irritating screw-ups and minor setbacks. In response to those annoyances, some leaders get irritable and stressed out. Others keep on moving. [.].

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Five Lessons You Can Learn From the World’s Most Admired Companies

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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 published by MedfiaTec, please click here. * * * Experts from Hay Group, which partnered with [.].

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Why Borders Failed While Barnes & Noble Survived

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For decades, I have been a diehard supporter of NPR, PBS, and its local affiliates wherever I have lived. When I win a lottery, my first philanthropic contributions will be to them…and will be generous. Here is an NPR article written by Yuki Noguchi and featuredby online (July 19, 2011). Click here to • Listen [.].

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Deep Dive: A book review by Bob Morris

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Deep Dive: The Proven Method for Building Strategy, Focusing Your Resources, and Taking Smart Action Rich Horwath Greenleaf Book Group Press (2009) Attitude and preparation determine altitude…and also depth There are business situations in which the goal is to ascend (e.g. to reach a higher level of productivity, efficiency, profitability) and other situations in which [.].