Fri.Nov 04, 2011

First Friday Book Synopsis

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Time to Preview Performance

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an interview of Samuel Culbert by Ladan Nikravan in which he explains why companies should get rid of the performance review, eliminate the intimidation, change the politics, and hold the bosses accountable for making every employee a success. He asserts that traditional performance reviews are destroying employee morale and killing the [.].

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Learning from Steve Jobs: How to lead with purpose

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Baldoni and featured by CNN online. to read the complete article, please click here. * * * Leadership is a choice. Pure and simple When you assume a position of authority, either formally as a manager or informally as a team leader, you make the [.].

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Escape Velocity: A book review by Bob Morris

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Escape Velocity: Free Your Company’s Future from the Pull of the Past Geoffrey A. Moore Harper Business/A HarperCollins Imprint (2011) How to free your organization from “the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom” The quotation in the title of this review is from Leading Change in which James O’Toole brilliantly explains why most [.].

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