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Rekindling the Inner Flame in Others, and in Ourselves

Michael Lee Stallard

Doug Conant’s Story: Being Honored and Honoring Others Doug Conant is the leader who turned around Campbell Soup Company when he served as President and CEO (2001-2011). This article was coauthored by Katharine P. Before we pose the questions, though, let us share a story that illuminates why contemplating them is so valuable.

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21 Ways to Kill Your Creativity

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael Michalko, author of business classics that include Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius (2001), Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques, 2nd Edition (2006), and Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work (2011).

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Revealing Leadership Insights From Thinkers50

Tanveer Naseer

Think of Peter Drucker who topped the first Thinkers50 ranking in 2001. This compares with just one in 2011.) Overall, it is the best ever showing for the women thinkers – with 13 places out of the top 50 (up from 11 in 2011 and just five in 2009.) Drucker was writing about knowledge workers in the late 1960s.

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Possibility Maximizer: Fresh Milk Newsletter From Contented Cows

Sales Wolf Blog

  This newsletter seeks to achieve the aforementioned benefits of a happy and engaged workplace by providing you with an excellent and actionable talent management article each month that will challenge you to change the way you think about work and the way you manage within your organization. 

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Glamorous Celebrity Deaths and Minimal Taxes in 2010 :: Women on.

Women on Business

As we read year-end and best-of 2010 articles and watch the tribute shows, take a moment to try to add up the cumulative wealth of those being remembered. And given the ballooning size of the US deficit, how much in revenue did our government almost miss out on because Congress forgot to fix the estate tax? billion estate. billion estate.

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Six Weeks of U.S. Stock Market Decline: Now What?

Coaching Tip

The market's last seven-week stretch of losses began in May 2001, as the dot-com bubble deflated," reports The Associated Press. Before you make investment decisions based on the latest economic report, be sure to read the 2011 edition of The Independent Investor eBook by Elliott Wave International.

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Thank You For Your Service (My Proudest Guest Post Ever!)

Mills Scofield

The town, “Tehachapi, CA,” was familiar—as it was the town my family and I adopted when we were assigned to Edwards AFB in 2011. As a soldier deployed for my ninth time since the events of September 11, 2001 I’ve seen firsthand the amazing impact something as simple as a letter can have on the human spirit.