Sat.Jan 07, 2012

First Friday Book Synopsis

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Here is the January, 2012 New York Times Hardcover Business Books Best Sellers List (Steve Jobs at #1)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is the January, 2012 New York Times Hardcover Business Books Best Sellers list. I just presented my synopsis of Isaacson’s Steve Jobs (#1) at the January First Friday Book Synopsis; and Great by Choice (#5), and Switch (#11) at earlier gatherings of the First Friday Book Synopsis. My colleague Karl Krayer has presented Strengths-Based [.].

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Harvard Business Review on Succeeding as an Entrepreneur: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Harvard Business Review on Succeeding as an Entrepreneur Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How to create new businesses and new markets by managing risks effectively This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in Harvard Business Review. Having read all of them when they were [.].

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Christine Fruechte (Colle + McVoy) 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 Christine Fruechte, president and chief executive of Colle + McVoy, an ad agency in Minneapolis. She observes, “We put up [.].

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Joe’s Journal: On Tyranny and the Organization

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is the latest post by Joseph A. Maciariello featured in the Joe’s Journal series at the Drucker Exchange (Dx) sponsored by the Drucker Institute. The Dx is a platform for bettering society through effective management and responsible leadership. It is produced by the Drucker Institute, a think tank and action tank based at Claremont [.].

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