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20 Most Popular Posts on the Curious Cat Management Blog in 2016

Curious Cat

One factor at a time (OFAT) Versus Factorial Designs (2011). 94% Belongs to the System (2013). The aim of leadership is not merely to find and record failures of men (2011) *. Dangers of Forgetting the Proxy Nature of Data (2004) *. The Purpose of an Organization (2005). How to Manage What You Can’t Measure (2010) *.

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Mind Wide Open: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life Steven Johnson Scribner/Simon & Schuster (2004) How and why the brain sciences can help to “open wide the mind’s caged door” I read this book before Steven Johnson’s later works, The Ghost Map (2006) and Where Good Ideas Come From (2011) and then re-read [.].

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3 Practices to Protect Your People from Toxic Stress and Burnout

Michael Lee Stallard

My wife, Katie, was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer in 2004, a year after being treated for breast cancer. By combining Value in the culture along with sound management practices, Dr. Pardes and his leadership team turned around the hospital system. billion in 2011. Sloan Kettering’s Connection Culture.

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Leadership is About Engagement

Kevin Eikenberry

Here is the research he cited : A 2004 Yale study found that a highly likeable sales rep will earn 40% more than an equally educated or experienced counterpart. Here’s some data to “prove&# it though. It comes from Tim Sanders and his great blog – in a post a few weeks back.

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President Reagan is Still Teaching Me About Leadership

Kevin Eikenberry

I reprise it today for three reasons. To celebrate the life of the late President Reagan on what would have been his 100th birthday.

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Victim or Victor – You Decide | Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer

The Recovering Engineer

Evan Lysacek beats Yevgeny Plushenko by playing the scoring system to its fullest, and he wins. Maybe the scoring system should reward the quad more highly than it does. Maybe the system should be changed to better reward risk and daring. Maybe the system should be changed to better reward risk and daring.

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Perseverance - Three Things to Remember when Bad Things Happen

Building Personal Strength

You dont have to give up because youve been down a lot of times.&# - Ray Charles, American singer-composer (1930-2004) Once you give up, the game is over. I’ve been in the learning and development business for over 35 years, and CEO of Performance Support Systems, Inc., But hanging in there isnt easy. since 1987.

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