First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 6, 2012
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. As they explain in their Preface, “the Balanced Scorecard [BSC] evolved from an improved [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 9, 2012
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. She forces Zuwanie to [.].
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First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
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 [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 4, 2012
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. I have also presented Boomerang for a private client’s event. My colleague, Karl Krayer, will present Taking [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
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 [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
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. And that matters if you’re thinking of [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
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. Here is an excerpt from a highly unorthodox, certainly thought-provoking article written by Mike Prokopeak for [.].
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