First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 28, 2011
Collaborators aren’t born, they’re made. Or, to be more precise, built, one day at a time, through practice, through attention, through discipline, through passion and commitment – and, most of all, through habit… Like creativity, collaboration is a habit – and one I encourage you to develop. Collaboration guarantees change because it makes us accommodate [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
MARCH 1, 2011
People with a high level of personal mastery are acutely aware of their ignorance, their incompetence, and their growth areas. Peter Senge ————— Here is a question – when the news could be bad, do you want to know? Think about it carefully before you answer… George Friedman, founder of Stratfor, is the author of [.].
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First Friday Book Synopsis
MARCH 2, 2011
Here is another contribution to the “Talent Management Perpsectives” series by David Greenberg as featured in Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the magazine and/or to Chief Learning Officer magazine (both published by MefiaTec), please click here. * * * We all know that [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 26, 2011
The set-up-to-fail syndrome “is self-fulfilling and self-reinforcing – it is the quintessential vicious circle…” High expectations or low expectations both influence other people’s performance. Only high expectations have a positive impact on actions and on feelings about oneself. Only high expectations can encourage the heart. James M. Kouzes and Barry Z.
First Friday Book Synopsis
MARCH 1, 2011
Seth Godin said it and I agree with him. Over a two-year period (1908-1910), on an assignment for Andrew Carnegie, Napoleon Hill interviewed the most successful people in the world to learn what they shared in common. What was it? The most successful people go “the extra mile.” Think about that. • They didn’t wait [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 27, 2011
Jim Collins evokes a much-discussed metaphor in Good to Great when he suggests that business leaders get the wrong people off their (presumably built-to-last) “bus” and get the right people on it. He also expects the leaders to chart a proper itinerary and keep the “bus” headed in the right direction. Because I share Collins’ [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 27, 2011
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 Richard D. Fain, chairman and C.E.O. of Royal Caribbean Cruises. During the interview he observes, “I always find that you [.].
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