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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS FEBRUARY 6, 2012 The Balanced Scorecard: Do’s and Don’ts In a book published in 1996, The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy Into Action, Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton developed in much greater depth and detail a concept they introduced previously in an HBR article (January/February, 1992): the balanced scorecard. MORE >>	FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS FEBRUARY 9, 2012 Seeking the Quiet in a Bombastic World – Susan Cain’s Book, at just the Right Time We make a grave mistake to embrace the Extrovert Ideal so unthinkingly. Susan Cain, Quiet ———- In the gripping conclusion of the movie The Interpreter, Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) has a gun at the head of former liberator turned genocidal murderer Zuwanie (Earl Cameron), dictator of the fictional African country Matobo. MORE >>	RECENT POSTS FEBRUARY 10, 2012 \| FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS When All Else Fails, Follow a Hunch FEBRUARY 10, 2012 \| FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS Accelerator vs. Incubator: What’s the Difference? FEBRUARY 10, 2012 \| FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS Twyla Tharp: An interview by Charlie Rose FEBRUARY 10, 2012 \| FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS The Ongoing War for Talent, because The Right Talent is So Critical for Success FEBRUARY 9, 2012 \| FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS Charles S. Jacobs: A second interview by Bob Morris FEBRUARY 9, 2012 \| FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS Seeking the Quiet in a Bombastic World – Susan Cain’s Book, at just the Right Time
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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS FEBRUARY 4, 2012 Here’s the New York Times Hardcover Business Best Seller List for February, 2012 – Steve Jobs at #1 We have presented synopses of business books, many of them bestsellers, at our First Friday Book Synopsis event every month since April, 1998. From this month’s list, we have already presented Steve Jobs, Great by Choice, and Switch. have also presented Boomerang for a private client’s event. MORE >>	FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS FEBRUARY 10, 2012 The Ongoing War for Talent, because The Right Talent is So Critical for Success After presenting my synopsis of The Rare Find by George Anders, I decided to take another look at my handout for the book The War For Talent by Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones, and Beth Axelrod, which I presented quite a few years ago. If you are in the “finding the best talent” game (and who isn’t?!), both [.]. MORE >>	FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS FEBRUARY 7, 2012 Why Empowering Women Doesn’t Help Them Here is a brief article by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox for the Harvard Business Review blog. To check out the wealth of free resources and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * A German client of mine was complaining this week about a survey she received from the country’s leading [.]. MORE >>	FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS FEBRUARY 10, 2012 Accelerator vs. Incubator: What’s the Difference? Here is an excerpt from another excellent article in Christina DesMarais‘ “Launch” series for Inc. magazine. To read the complete article, check out other online resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * The terms sometimes get used interchangeably, but they’re not the same thing. MORE >>
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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2012
The Rules of [Employee] Engagement: Sobering Statistics

For some organizations, the extent of employee engagement programs is limited to the annual engagement survey. That model, featuring a survey filled with scores of questions and sent out for the entire organization to complete, needs to be updated. MORE >>

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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012
Quiet by Susan Cain & Taking People With You? by David Novak?- for the March First Friday Book Synopsis

For the March First Friday Book Synopsis, we have selected two terrific books. With each presentation, you will receive a multi-page, useful handout, which you can follow as you listen to our presentations. Karl Krayer will present a synopsis of Taking People With You: The Only Way to Make Big Things Happen? by by David Novak. And [.]. MORE >>

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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012
Rapid Viz: A book review by Bob Morris

Rapid Viz: A New Method for the Rapid Visualization of Ideas Kurt Hanks and Larry Belliston Course Technology/CENGAGE Learning (2006) The power and value of highly-developed visualization The title’s meaning is self-evident but the potential value of what can be learned from Kurt Hanks and Larry Belliston in this book is not. First published in [.]. MORE >>

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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012
Amy Astley (Teen Vogue) in “The Corner Office”

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 Amy Astley, editor in chief of Teen Vogue. She, says that many job applicants today have never done work like [.]. MORE >>

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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2012
Jumping the S-Curve: A book review by Bob Morris

Jumping the S-Curve: How to Beat the Growth Cycle, Get on Top, and Stay There Paul Nunes and Tim Breene Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How companies can reach progressively high levels of achievement The title of this book refers to pattern of consistently elevating (“jumping”) a company to progressively high levels of achievement. As [.]. MORE >>

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Kristi Hedges: An interview by Bob Morris FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2012
Twyla Tharp: An interview by Charlie Rose FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012
All For One: A book review by Bob Morris FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012
Charles S. Jacobs: A second interview by Bob Morris FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012
Three Ways to Turn Setbacks into Progress FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012
When All Else Fails, Follow a Hunch FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012
Three Steps to Retain Top Talent FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012
How to Know What Your Boss Expects of You FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012
“Hear the roar of our engines….” FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012
Sheryl Sandberg: The $1.6 Billion Woman, Staying on Message FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012

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