Sat.Dec 08, 2012 - Fri.Dec 14, 2012

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What is Your Red Ocean Strategy? – (Success in a Crowded Market)

First Friday Book Synopsis

So, this week I presented my synopsis on the terrific book Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne. The group was the entire team at a growing firm, one that is vibrant, alive, energetic… The kind of place people like to show [.].

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A Message from Amy Krouse Rosenthal – Please Beckon Lovely

First Friday Book Synopsis

Amy Krouse Rosenthall was the final speaker at TEDxSMU a couple of weeks ago. She was terrific — warm, gentle, human, caring… She ended with a challenge that from 12/12/12 through 12/21/12 we should all beckon lovely. Beckon lovely is much better than beckoning ugly (as she illustrated it: that’s just “ugh”). Here’s my reminder [.].

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Learn to Be Your Own Debrief Coach – (Consider Elizabeth Spiegel, & Peyton Manning)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Note: this is a post on how to become your own debreif coach. I think it is possibly as important as anything I have written, if you desire to keep getting better at what you do. First, a book excerpt: The ritual for students on the IS 318 team was that, win or lose, after [.

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Narrative; Myth – Why Stories Have to be at the Center of Organizational Culture

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(Bob Morris posted this on his blog this morning, The Dueling Myths of Business, and it kind of prompted the thoughts that follow). ————— Over the past 15 years, I have immersed myself in the literature of building and sustaining a successful business. Certain “lasting truths” have stood out and stood up. Here’s one. At the [.].

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“Which business books should every executive keep near at hand?”

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Soon most of us will be exchanging holiday gifts and perhaps you’ll be asked what you would like to receive. Why not suggest some business books? In my opinion, whether as a gift from someone else or one you give yourself, these ten are among the essentials, listed in title alpha order: Beyond Performance: How [.].

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Business Books, 2012 – My Personal Year in Review

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This blog (and my professional life) kind of revolves around good business books. I read reviews, look at new releases, check best seller lists, and read and listen to our blogging colleague and book reviewer extraordinaire, Bob Morris. And then, more than anything else, I “listen” to people trying to build successful businesses, and successful [.].

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Here are My Takeaways, and one Brilliant Insight, from How Children Succeed by Paul Tough

First Friday Book Synopsis

Last Friday, I presented my synopsis of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough. I have already written on this blog about the value of this book. It is, in my opinion, a “must read” for parents (grandparents), educators/teachers, and HR Directors… & coaches and mentors and supervisors. [.].

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