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The King had a speech deficiency. He spoke poorly. He stammered. Badly. He needed to speak well. His people needed him to speak well. And he took the steps (the many, many hours of steps!) to learn how to speak better. And then, he spoke better. Maybe not perfectly – but noticeably better. Yes, I’m [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 15, 2012

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 Bill Kling who is founder and president emeritus of the American Public Media Group, a producer of public radio programming [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 15, 2012

The Optimization Edge: Reinventing Decision Making to Maximize All Your Company’s Assets Steve Sashihara McGraw-Hill (2011) How to make complex decisions and recommendations about the best way to deploy assets In a book I very much admire, Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls, Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis assert that what really matters “is [.].

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JANUARY 15, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Scott Anthony 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. * * * “Make sure you ask the right questions at the right [.].

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