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AUGUST 25, 2011

The Four Stages of Highly Effective Crisis Management: How to Manage the Media in the Digital Age Jane Jordan-Meier CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group (2011) “Truth, well-told” and carefully managed Decades ago, one of the co-founders of the firm we now know as Hill & Knowlton, John Hill, explained that public relations should be “truth, [.]. (..)

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APRIL 26, 2011

To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * The View from Harvard Business (April 18, 2011) Is this [.].

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MARCH 27, 2011

Hill and Kent Lineback for the Harvard Business Review blog (February 23, 2011). Here is an excerpt from an article written by Linda A. To read the complete article, check out other articles and resources, and/or sign up for a free subscription to Harvard Business Review’s Daily Alerts, please click here. * * * When [.].

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OCTOBER 19, 2013

He worked as a marketer in the fast moving consumer goods sector and switched to consulting at Ernst & Young Consulting and Boer & Croon Strategy & Management Group. Bob''s blog entries Albert Einstein and ECCI XII (Faro (2011).

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APRIL 23, 2013

Bob''s blog entries CBS MoneyWatch Christian Stadler Financial Times Best Business Book 2011 Margaret Heffernan MIT Sloan Management Review Steve Jobs The CBS Interactive Business Network the perils of narcissistic leaders Why you should avoid charismatic leaders Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril'

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MAY 12, 2012

The Branded Mind: What Neuroscience Really Tells Us about the Puzzle of the Brain and the Brand Erik du Plessis , with Nigel Hollis and Graham Page Kogan Page (2011) A travel guide and operations manual for exploration and management of the “Damasian paradigm shift” With assistance contributed by Nigel Hollis and Graham Page, Erik [.]. (..)

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DECEMBER 28, 2011

The CEO’s Strategy Handbook: How to create, sustain and accelerate profitable growth Stuart Cross Global Professional Publishing (2011) How to manage strategy effectively and on a continuous basis In fact, everyone in a given enterprise (including but not limited to C-level executives) should be actively engaged in effective management of strategy.

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MARCH 23, 2011

Hill and Kent Lineback Harvard Business Review Press 2011) Who you are will determine what you do and how you do it The book’s subtitle refers to three imperatives for becoming a great leader and all are essential: Manage yourself, manage your [.]. Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader Linda A.

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JANUARY 7, 2012

Harvard Business Review on Succeeding as an Entrepreneur Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How to create new businesses and new markets by managing risks effectively This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in Harvard Business Review.

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APRIL 18, 2012

McDonald Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How and why organizational success with social media “is fundamentally a leadership and management challenge” I agree with Anthony Bradley and Mark McDonald that leaders [.]. Bradley and Mark P.

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MAY 12, 2011

The Best Business Books Ever: The Most Influential Management Books You’ll Never Have Time to Read Basic Books (2011) Note: This review is of a book published earlier this year. What we have here is a series of brief discussions “the most influential management books you’ll [.].

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JUNE 28, 2011

Before she was selected as the new Managing Director, Ms. Christine Lagarde, a candidate for the position of the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement to the IMF Executive Board on June 23, 2011. You can read her entire letter here. Here are some key highlights.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Hallowell explains in his most recent book, Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People, published by Harvard Business Review Press (2011), “Many people need help in getting rid of the obstacles in their way. In the workplace, this is the challenge that managers face: to help people overcome [.]

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FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Here is an article written by Mike Prokopeak for the Talent Management Perspectives series featured by Talent Management magazine online (February 2011).

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MARCH 24, 2011

Here is an article written by George Bradt for the “Talent Management Perspectives&# series featured online by Talent Management magazine (March 2011).

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MARCH 16, 2011

Here is a contribution by Mark Murphy to the “Performance Management&# series featured by Talent Management magazine (January 2011).

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JUNE 2, 2011

DeLong Harvard Business Review Press (2011) A new model for anxiety management by “high-need-for-achievement professionals” In the Preface, Thomas J. Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success Thomas J.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Here is another Industry News update featured online by Talent Management magazine, dated February 7, 2011. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to Talent Management and/or Chief Learning Officer magazine, please click here. * * * Manpower Inc.,

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JANUARY 27, 2011

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Aine Leddy (Executive Director, Investment Management Technology, Morgan Stanley) written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer (January 24th, 2011), an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Hallowell explains in his most recent book, Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People, published by Harvard Business Review Press (2011), “Many people need help in getting rid of the obstacles in their way. In the workplace, this is the challenge that managers face: to help people overcome [.].

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AUGUST 15, 2011

Beyond Performance: How Great Organizations Build Ultimate Competitive Advantage Scott Keller and Colin Price John Wiley & Sons (2011) How to achieve and then sustain both outstanding leadership and management throughout the given enterprise Scott Keller and Colin Price acknowledge that although there is a “multitude” of books about business leadership (..)

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JUNE 10, 2012

Optimizing Talent: What Every Leader and Manager Needs to Know to Sustain the Ultimate Workforce Linda D. Eccher Information Age Publishing (2011) “Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.” Sharkey and Paul H.

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APRIL 18, 2012

McDonald Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How and why organizational success with social media “is fundamentally a leadership and management challenge” I agree with Anthony Bradley and Mark McDonald that leaders [.]. Bradley and Mark P.

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JUNE 13, 2011

Josh Linkner is the New York Times bestselling author of Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity, named one of the top 30 business books of 2011. He is the CEO and Managing Partner of Detroit Venture Partners, a venture capital firm rebuilding urban areas through technology and entrepreneurship.

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JUNE 3, 2011

Redesigning Leadership: Design, Technology, Business, Life John Maeda with Becky Bermont The MIT Press (2011) “Ue ni wa ue ga aru” is a Japanese aphorism that epitomizes the nature of excellence: “Above up, there is something even higher above up.&# Those who [.].

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article featured online by Talent Management magazine (New York, September 26, 2011). To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here. * * * U.S. unemployment hovers at 9 percent, and [.].

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MARCH 10, 2011

Here is a recent article in the “Industry News&# series posted online at Talent Management magazine’s website (February 14, 2011).

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JULY 26, 2011

Bacon AMACOM (2011) “Despots coerce; managers control; leaders influence.” Elements of Influence: The Art of Getting Others to Follow Your Lead ? First and foremost, Bacon insists that leaders must be authentic. Otherwise, they will be unable to attract followers because they lack credibility…the foundation of trust and respect.

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JULY 20, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Mel Stark and Mark Royal for Talent Management magazine (5/10/2011).

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Walters for Talent Management magazine (January 2011). To check out other resources and sign up for a free online and/or print subscription to Talent Management and Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MediaTec, please click here. * * * The best practices to defuse disenchanted and disengaged [.]

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MARCH 4, 2011

Hallowell, MD Harvard Business Press (2011) How to “find and mine the gold that resides in everyone&# I agree with Edward Hallowell: “Put simply, the best managers bring out the best from their people. Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People Edward M.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an excellent article written by James Quigley and featured (on October 19, 2011) in The Washington Post’s “On Leadership” roundtable on the best managers in baseball today. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * This piece is part of an On Leadership [.].

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APRIL 9, 2011

Hallowell explains in his most recent book, Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People, published by Harvard Business Review Press (2011), “Many people need help in getting rid of the obstacles in their way. In the workplace, this is the challenge that managers face: to help people overcome [.].

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APRIL 20, 2011

Hopkins and Nina Kruschwitz co-authored the cover story for the March 2011 issue of MIT Sloan Management Review. Knut Haanaes, Balu Balagopal, Ming Teck Kong, Ingrid Velken, David Arthur, Michael S.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an exceptionally informative interview of Edgar Schein by Art Kleiner and Rutger von Post for strategy+business magazine (January 2011) published by Booz & Company.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2011

Maciariello for the Drucker Exchange (January 31, 2011), sponsored by the Drucker Institute. The Drucker Exchange (the DX) is a platform for bettering society through effective management and responsible leadership. Here is the latest entry to Joe’s Journal written by Josepth A.

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