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John Wooden: What the Obituaries Missed

Michael Lee Stallard

After the coach learned that a young African-American, second-string guard on his team, Clarence Walker, would not be allowed to participate in the tournament because of the color of his skin, he declined the offer. But Clarence and his family saw it in a different light. In 1973, he was honored for his achievements as a coach.

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Finding The Ideal Tone For Your Emails

Eric Jacobson

ToneCheck , a software program that works with Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010, helps to ensure your tone is clearly communicated and understood. Or, do you have employees whole struggle with the tone of their emails? You might want to check out ToneCheck. And, sometimes, perhaps all too often, email messages are misinterpreted.

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Rising Above the Stage Show

Chris Brady

We are invited to participate, but in order to do so we have to 'choose a side.' This is exactly what happened, and as a result the money invested in commodity indices rose from just $13 billion in 2003 to over $317 billion in 2008 (twenty five times growth in less than five years).

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Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

Participants would also learn what they needed to do to become Self-Starters, such as how to identify problems, generate and present solutions, and how to get engaged and get things done at work. We believe the skills of identifying, developing, and fostering effective followership will be more important then ever in the past.

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Research: Board Directors Are More Likely to Leave When a Firm Is Getting Criticized

Harvard Business Review

When Baker Hughes and Halliburton were both downgraded by equity analysts following an Obama administration oil drilling ban in 2010, several of their long-serving directors decamped to take up seats at other firms. They should also consider better documenting directors’ careers and participation.

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How Shameless Copycatting Can Save Europe

Harvard Business Review

The official answer is a series of labor market reforms initiated in 2003 under the " Agenda 2010 " framework. Unemployed individuals were given stronger incentives to take up jobs, and overall labor force participation rates increased. How did Germany get back on track? But here again, the learning is not one-directional.

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CEOs Sometimes Need Outside Help

Harvard Business Review

By contrast, consider the 2010 Chilean mining disaster, which resulted in the triumphant rescue of 33 miners trapped underground. McChrystal’s success was marked by the steady growth of participants in the network’s regular knowledge-sharing videoconferences. As Faaiza Rashid, Amy C. Edmondson, and Herman B.

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