Sun.Nov 06, 2011

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The Presentation Tip of the Day – from Andy Rooney

First Friday Book Synopsis

I have always liked Andy Rooney’s essays. They were so well-written. One quote that has popped up throughout the weekend, after his death, is this one. He described his work this way: “I’m a writer who reads what he’s written.” This is your presentation tip of the day. This is what Andy Rooney did. His [.].

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The Types of Questions That Every Manager Should Ask

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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. Asking the right questions is an essential skill of a great boss. Yet many fail to inquire enough. Here are three types of questions you should be asking: [.].

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Barbara DeBuono (Orbis International) in “The Corner Office”

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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 Barbara DeBuono, president and C.E.O. of Orbis International, a global group that helps treat and prevent blindness. She says that [.].