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Six of My Favorite Books of the Year

Kevin Eikenberry

Start with Why by Simon Sinek. Five Reasons to Make Discomfort Your Friend How to Get Lazy People to Work Ten Decisions Leaders Make Everyday Ten Ways to Make a Great First Impression Five Minutes - a Key to Successful Time Management Kevin Eikenberry: Thanks Dave!Kevin Here is my original recommendation.

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People Do Business With You…But Why?

Women on Business

According to author and thought leader Simon Sinek, people buy the “why.” By Maribeth Kuzmeski Why do people do business with you? Is it because of WHAT you do or is it because of WHY you do it? Over the past few weeks I’ve been asking clients and other professionals their “why.” Many times it doesn’t seem clearly defined.

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Top Quotes from the Art of Management 2010 | RoundtableTalk

Roundtable Talk

Headlined by Malcolm Gladwell (Outliers, Tipping Point) and joined by Simon Sinek (Start with Why?) – who stole the show, Mitch Joel (Six Pixels of Separation), Nilofer Merchant (Rubicon Consulting), and Michael Eisner (former CEO of Disney), the day showcased some amazing ideas, great presenters and inspiration to spare. Ctrl.Alt.Del.

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#QUALITYtweet – Video Review

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer #QUALITYtweet – Video Review Simon Young at iJump reviews my book “#QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project” and other books in Thinkaha Series. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL You can also watch this video at iJump TV website.

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Strategic Intuition

Tony Mayo

It all flows from University of Chicago PhD and Nobel laureate Herb Simon, who introduced the concept of bounded rationality that states that people don’t consider all alternatives as they decide most things, only a subset. Simon indicated it took about ten years to be really good at something.

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A Round Up of My Writing in January 2010

QAspire

Simon Young at iJump posted a video review of my book #QUALITYtweet. I posted “ Lessons in Using Checklists for Managing Processes ”. Round Ups | admin February 1, 2010 3 Comments Other Links to this Post QAspire Blog - Quality, Management, Leadership & Life! with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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Avoid Doing the Wrong things Righter…But, “By What Method?”

Deming Institute

Simon Sinek refers to this as well when he describes his “golden circle” concept, telling us that working and leading from “why” (the reason an organization exists) is deeply rooted in our biology, as it connects deep within people’s brains – their limbic systems – the seat of basic human emotion. Leadership and Management. References.

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