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Is It Time to Shut Down Your Website?

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Here is an excerpt from article written by David Rogers for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. I was astonished, frankly, by the statistics he cites. If true, and I have no reason to think they aren’t, personal connections rather than institutional relationships dominate the Age of Information and will probably determine who succeeds (however [.].

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Tried and True Counsel for your Next Presentation — Sometimes the Old Advice is Still the Best

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I was talking to a brilliant woman this morning. She is a legend (in the very best sense of that word) in the Real Estate business in the Dallas area. She has more energy than any 10 of us (we met at 7:30; if you know anything about the “typical” real estate person, early mornings [.].

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The Mark Of True Expertise – Knowing What to Edit Out (Insight From Architect Frank Gehry)

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When do you know that you have attained a level of skill that would qualify you as an “expert?’ When is expertise genuine expertise? I think about this a lot partly because I feel so inadequate in so much of what I tackle. I teach, I speak, I write – and yet, I feel that [.].

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3 Ways to Get Your Ideas Heard

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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. In today’s hustle and bustle organizations, new ideas easily get lost in the fray. If you have a proposal you want heard, don’t resort to aggressive tactics. Here [.].

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A Reading List – Post 9/11 (A Good List to check out After the Death of Bin Laden)

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I have oft quoted, on this blog, and in countless presentations, from The Looming Tower: Al-Queda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright (winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 2007). And Inside the Kingdom by Carmen Bin Laden. Here is s link to a reading list, all books that were highlighted on PBS, with links to [.].

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Unlocking the full potential of women in the US economy

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Here is an excerpt of an article co-authred by Joanna Barsh and Lareina Yee in which they discuss the results of a research study conducted by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * Women have been a growing factor in the success of the US economy since the [.].

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The Best Business Books Ever: A book review by Bob Morris

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The Best Business Books Ever: The Most Influential Management Books You’ll Never Have Time to Read Basic Books (2011) Note: This review is of a book published earlier this year. It is a sequel to one published in 2003. What we have here is a series of brief discussions “the most influential management books you’ll [.].

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