First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 1, 2011

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 business environment, it’s not enough to tell employees to do something. You need to also explain why they should. This is why people who’ve mastered the [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 1, 2011

Once again, McKinsey & Company’s Quarterly has made available an exceptionally valuable program to the general public: Experts discuss McKinsey’s research on “jobless recoveries” and ways to solve the longer-term US employment crisis (August 2011). I urge you to click here so that you can check out the wealth of resources, sign up for email [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 1, 2011

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Karen Ho (Chief Operating Officer, Broadway Technology) written by Jessica Titlebaum (Chicago) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. “Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life.” [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 1, 2011

Here is a recent post by Josh Linkner. He makes several excellent points as our nation’s hamster-brain “leaders&# in Washington continue to muddle through the toxic swamp of partisanship. Given the nature and extent of current unemployment and under-employment, perhaps Jobs and jobs are becoming synonymous. * * * Get this – Apple, Inc. now [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 30, 2011

Here’s a recent post by the folks the Drucker Exchange (the Dx) that hosts an ongoing conversation about bettering society through effective management and responsible leadership. It is produced by the Drucker Institute, a think tank and action tank based at Claremont Graduate University that was established to advance and build on the ideas and [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 5, 2011

Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages Alex Wright Cornell University Press ((2007) How and why “the torch song of technological transcendentalism has passed from the visionary fringe into cultural mainstream” Alex Wright explains that in this volume, he approaches the story of the information age “by squarely looking backward&# and along the way, he (and [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 5, 2011

So, this morning I was presenting my synopsis of Prescription for Excellence, a terrific book about customer service excellence by Joseph Michelli. In the midst of my presentation, I was talking about UCLA Health System’s commitment to innovation. From the book: “Innovation distinguishes between leaders and followers.” (Steve Jobs). The battlefield of business competition is [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 5, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Paula Marantz Cohen and featured by The American Scholar magazine. As you probably know already, The American Scholar is the venerable but lively quarterly magazine of public affairs, literature, science, history, and culture published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society since 1932. In recent years the [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 4, 2011

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Stephanie Ruhle (Managing Director, Reationship Management, Deuts he Bank)written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. “Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 4, 2011

Here is an article written by Paul Harty for Talent Management magazine (8/4/11). To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here. * * * While concerns must be addressed, talent leaders should be careful not to [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 3, 2011

As One: Individual Action and Collective Power Mehrdad Baghai and James Quigley Portfolio/Penguin (2011) How and why “As One behavior” can accomplish almost anything There is so much to be said about what this book offers. Where to begin? Perhaps my purposes are best served by providing a series of five key points: 1. Mehrdad [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 2, 2011

This Friday (Aug. 5), 7:00 am, is the First Friday Book Synopsis. If you live in the DFW area, this provides a great opportunity for networking, with a terrific dose of content, quickly delivered… Karl Krayer will present his synopsis of TouchPoints: Creating Powerful Leadership Connections in the Smallest of Moments (J-B Warren Bennis Series) [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 2, 2011

A graduate of Harvard College and Tulane School of Medicine, Edward M. (“Ned&# ) Hallowell is a child and adult psychiatrist and the founder of The Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional Health. He was a member of the faculty of the Harvard Medical School from 1983 to 2004. He is considered to be one of [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 5, 2011

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. Everyone complains about his or her boss from time to time. But dealing with a truly incompetent boss is frustrating and exhausting. Here are three strategies to handle [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 5, 2011

50 Prosperity Classics: Attract It, Create It, Manage It, Share It Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey Publishing (2008) Henry Ford was right Note: This is one of the volumes in the 5o Classics series, each available in a softbound edition and priced at less than $15.00. In my opinion, the value of the material in each [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 4, 2011

Robert K. Greenleaf is generally credited with developing ideas we now refer to as “servant leadership.&# As he explains in his eponymous essay (first published in 1970), The Servant as Leader, and later developed into a book, “The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 4, 2011

Are you looking for practical, how-to solutions to life’s personal challenges? Best selling author Dr. Edward (“Ned&# ) Hallowell offers groundbreaking advice on how to survive in an ultra-competitive, ultra fast, attention deficit society while remaining sane, how to raise happy children, the art of forgiveness and how to manage worry. He also offers a prescriptive [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 3, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ted Cadsby 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. * * * Of all the headwinds we face as decision-makers, the power of [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 3, 2011

Reagan on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Great Communicator James M. Strock Serve to Lead Press (2011) Up front, I need to acknowledge that I do not share James Strock’s high regard for Ronald Reagan’s performance as governor of California and then as president of the United States. I certainly don’t agree with Tom Peters [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 1, 2011

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 Drucker Exchange (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 [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 31, 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 Peter Löscher, president and C.E.O. of Siemens A.G. who was reappointed to a five-year term last week. To read the [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 31, 2011

Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty: Creating the Risk Intelligent Enterprise Frederick Funston and Stephen Wagner John Wilkey & Sons, Inc. (2010) Risk unmanaged is risk exacerbated I am among those who find a wealth of excellent advice every time I pick up my copy of The Art of War and re-read a passage or two [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 30, 2011

Heidi Grant Halvorson, PhD, is a motivational psychologist, researcher, and consultant. She writes about the scientifically-tested strategies we can use to be more effective reaching our goals at work and in our personal lives. Her new book is Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals (Hudson Street Press). Heidi serves on the Board of Advisors to Columbia Business School’s Motivation [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 3, 2011

“What can we believe in? There’s nothing we can trust anymore.&# (from the movie, Inside Job). ———- (Sorry about the long title on this blog post – I could not figure out how to shorten it). I watched the move Inside Job last night. (Yes, I know I’m late to this). It tells what happened [.].

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