First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 12, 2015

I will never forget Bowling Alone (Simon & Schuster, 2001). It remains the most depressing book we have presented at the First Friday Book Synopsis in Dallas. It contained chart after chart, page after page, of the demise of civic, social, religious, and fraternal groups in America. All of it was true.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Posted in Character Based Leader Book Check out this great interview with Author, Will Lukang: Chapter Title: “Assessing Authentic Leadership Through Your Community” Will Lukang, PMP, CSM, CLDC Will Lukang seeks every opportunity to learn and grow so that he is able to pass his knowledge to younger generations.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

2011) How and why to think differently about learning to be creative This is a “New Edition, Fully Updated” of a book first published in 2001. Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative Ken Robinson Capstone Publishing Ltd. Why a second edition? As Ken Robinson explains in his Preface, “…the first reason is that [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 12, 2013

Watts Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us Fooled by Randomness (2001) Lakota Indians Nassim Nicholas Taleb Phil Rosenzweig The Black Swan (2007) The Halo Effect The Misuse of Common Sense Thinking Is About More Than Thought Voltaire We Don''t Think the Way We Think We Think Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins'

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

He then started Menlo Innovations in 2001, with the express purpose of ” bringing joy to the world through software “ Menlo has gone on to win the Alfred P. And now, Rich has shared his secrets to building a joyful culture in his new book, “Joy Inc” We talk about many of those secrets, and more, on the podcast.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 11, 2011

Whittle Basic Books (2001) Your Own Yellow Brick Road Awaits Don’t be deterred by the publication date. This book really does offer [.]. The Manager as Change Agent: A Practical Guide to Developing High-Performance People and Organizations Jerry Gilley, Scott Quatro, Erik Hoekstra, Doug Whittle, Ann Maycunich, Scott A.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

One of my favorite change quotes comes from a book by Michael Fullan, a Canadian expert on educational change, who wrote in Leading in a Culture of Change [2001]: “Change is a double-edged sword. It first appeared in his book, “Managing Change … and making it stick!”. Its relentless pace these days runs us off our feet.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

In 2001, he concluded a two-year assignment (while on academic leave) at Ford Motor Company, as the senior executive for leadership development. Stew’s more recent book is… Read More Stewart D. In 1984, Stew Friedman joined Wharton, where he is the Practice Professor of Management.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 14, 2019

Earlier this year brought Jim Collin’s monograph to his iconic bestseller, Good to Great book. One good flywheel example is Amazon’s, discovered in 2001: lower prices led to more customer visits, which increased sales volume, which attracted more third-party sellers, which boosted efficiency.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 2, 2016

From 1991 to 2001, when Bill George was CEO of Medtronic, a maker of pacemakers, defibrillators, stents, catheters, shunts, and surgical tools, he held a holiday party each year where six individuals who benefitted from Medtronic products told their stories. Examples of Gratitude in Action. The great British writer G.K.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 26, 2018

Guest post from Sander Flaum: Back in 2001, when I was asked to lead a forum in leadership at what is now the Fordham Gabelli Graduate School of Business, the concept was to bring noted leaders (business and otherwise) into a classroom where they could share their experiences and insights with MBA students.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 23, 2016

In 2001, he concluded a two-year assignment (while on academic leave) at Ford Motor Company, as the senior executive for leadership development. Stew’s more recent book is… Read More Stewart D. In 1984, Stew Friedman joined Wharton, where he is the Practice Professor of Management.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 3, 2011

If you are a leader of work-from-home employees, share the new book, There's No Place Like Working From Home , with them. Author Elaine Quinn wrote the book after working as a consultant for 10 years with small business owners who struggled with organization, time management, workflow processes, productivity and related challenges.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 6, 2011

Strock Three Rivers Press (2001) “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Bully Pulpit James M. Theodore Roosevelt I selected the quotation for the title of my review because it expresses so well Theodore Roosevelt’s core values throughout his life. He was a [.].

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 4, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Be Bold In Life. I was going through some papers that take me back to 2001-2002 and I saw this phrase, “Be Bold In Life&#. Well I did.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 19, 2012

While there have been thousands of books written about leadership, there are a handful of leadership models that have served me well as a leader and leadership development practitioner. While Daniel Goleman’s book popularized EQ, his HBR article “ What Makes a Leader ?” You gotta love those 4x4 grids! Emotional Intelligence.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

His oldest son George Walker Bush was elected the 43rd President of the United States in 2001 becoming the second president to assume the nation's highest office after his father, following the footsteps of John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams. Shortly after leaving the Navy, Bush married Barbara Pierce. Inaugural Address 1989).

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Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Upon co-authoring his 2001 book, Profit Beyond Measure , (with Anders Bröms) he achieved this notoriety by dedicating himself to offering interested listeners and readers an alternative solution, which he refers to as Management by Means or MBM.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 6, 2018

Near the top of virtually every list you'll see of the best leadership books, you'll find Good To Great. The book, five years in the making, and published in 2001, addresses the all-important question of: Can a good company become a great company, and if so, how? The book focuses on 11 good-to-great companies.

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CEO Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2012

I read a new book - Good To Great to Gone - the 60 Year Rise and Fall of Circuit City by Alan Wurtzel. One of the special things about this book is Alan Wurtzel was actually CEO for 13 years until 1986. I did a lot of business with Circuit City and their competitors over the years so the book was close to home.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 17, 2011

Doug Conant, CEO of Campbell’s Soup (2001 to 2011) knows how to stay on task; all successful leaders do. He’s setting up his office in Philadelphia after retiring from Campbell’s on July 31. When he picked up the phone, he was unpacking boxes. I asked him what was happening in his life. Doug has a [.].

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 15, 2021

Back in 2001, what we know today as the Agile Manifesto was born , by the hand of several American CEOs of the technology sector (software) and they decided to combine various ideas to propose an alternative to the slow working methods that were not responding to the current ones needs, before your organization and your customers.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In addition, for the book, the authors interviewed over 80 people with whom Campbell also worked. A few of my favorite takeaways from the book include: Your title makes you a manager. Campbell, who died in 2016, started his career as a football coach at Boston College and Columbia then switched to business in 1979.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 16, 2019

The analytics-driven tactics used by Oakland Athletics’ manager Billy Beane not only inspired the best-selling book and film Moneyball, but also a wave of imitators seeking to tap into the secret sauce that allowed Beane to over-achieve with the unfancied baseball team he was in charge of. ” Management innovation.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 24, 2019

Earlier this year brought Jim Collin’s monograph to his iconic bestseller, Good to Great book. One good flywheel example is Amazon’s, discovered in 2001: lower prices led to more customer visits, which increased sales volume, which attracted more third-party sellers, which boosted efficiency.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

In 2001, she founded Reality-Based Leadership. No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results can be purchased here. Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, international leadership speaker, and consultant.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Recently, while looking for a document on an archive drive, I stumbled across an unfinished draft from 2001. One day, a woman called to book a group of 20 adults. Sincerely, A mom in 2001. It features a “23-month-old son,” who today is almost 17. Ahhhh, the lessons we learn from little ones… “Wha’zat?

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 24, 2012

Within hours after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, U.S. Great New Book: Never-Ending New Beginnings: A Manifesto on Personal Impact by Lisa Haneberg. Navy aircraft carriers, destroyers and cruisers were in place to protect America’s shores. At the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., ” You can read it at this link.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Near the top of virtually every list you'll see of the best leadership books, you'll find, Good To Great , by Jim Collins. The book, five years in the making, and published in 2001, addresses the all-important question of: Can a good company become a great company, and if so, how?

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

February 26 brings Jim Collin’s monograph to his iconic bestseller, Good to Great book. One good flywheel example is Amazon’s, discovered in 2001: lower prices led to more customer visits, which increased sales volume, which attracted more third-party sellers, which boosted efficiency.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 14, 2016

Near the top of virtually every list you'll see of the best leadership books, you'll find Good To Great. The book, five years in the making, and published in 2001, addresses the all-important question of: Can a good company become a great company, and if so, how? The book focuses on 11 good-to-great companies.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 26, 2011

Timothy Stagich (2001) writes that personnel (HR) departments are “blackholes of human potential, buried under piles of resumes and red tape, while relying on hierarchies and cumbersome procedures to justify their existence in hierarchies (p.114). Bloomington, IN: 1st Books. Is HR ready for that? Stagich, T.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 4, 2019

In addition, for the book, the authors interviewed over 80 people with whom Campbell also worked. A few of my favorite takeaways from the book include: Your title makes you a manager. Thank you to the book’s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book. Invest in creating real, emotional bonds between people.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Near the top of virtually every list you'll see of the best leadership books, you'll find Good To Great , by Jim Collins. The book, five years in the making, and published in 2001, addresses the all-important question of: Can a good company become a great company, and if so, how?

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 15, 2015

in 2001 helped you to identify your innate signature talents so that you can build them into leadership strengths. Now there is newer (2007) business bestseller book called " Strengthsfinder 2.0 " that utilizes the same self assessment. You can find these books at your local bookseller or purchase them online. Clifton, Ph.D.

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 18, 2015

Today, there are a number of books available online or at your local bookstore that help you discover the foundation of your signature strengths. . . Once you buy the book, you will get a unique code to take a self-assessment online. Here are some business bestseller books that you can read to learn how to be an effective leader. "

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 25, 2012

Books like Built to Last (Collins and Porras, 1997) and Good to Great (Collins, 2001) have laid a foundation. Since the 1990’s when Peter Senge popularized the notion of “learning organizations,” there has been a lot of discussion about attributes of great companies.

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