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When is Spinning the Message a Good Thing?

Marshall Goldsmith

Q: In our company we value integrity, yet leaders - especially in marketing - are taught to "spin" to make products and services sound good to clients. A: Every company that sells products or services "spins" these in a positive way to clients. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14.

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Possibility Maximizer: Fast Company's 30 Second MBA

Sales Wolf Blog

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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How to Terminate a Great Performer in a Tough Economy

Marshall Goldsmith

Don't try to prove they are wrong - and get into a counter-productive argument. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. To participate in the 2011 Thinkers 50, visit [link]. The employees who are being terminated may argue with you that "this isn't fair." They are right.

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Demonstrating the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Marshall Goldsmith

Great entrepreneurs provide products and services that are better or different than what everyone else is doing. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. To participate in the 2011 Thinkers 50, visit [link]. This is one of the reasons that he is so successful." Be creative.

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HBR on INSPIRING & EXECUTING INNOVATION: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Harvard Business Review on INSPIRING & EXECUTING INNOVATION Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How to create and then deliver new or better products and services This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in HBR.

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Setting Strategy in Egypt's (and Other) Shifting Sands: A Four-Part Approach

Harvard Business Review

Developments in the Middle East — first the removal of long-time Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011 and now Hosni Mubarak's stepping down in Egypt — suggest that authoritarian regimes in the region are not immune to "people power."