First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Harvard Business Review on Rebuilding Your Business Model Various Authors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How to use innovative thinking to create or revise a business model that drives growth and profits This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in Harvard Business Review.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 24, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Brad Power for the Harvard Business Review blog (March 7, 2011). 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 they set out to [.].

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

As businesses plan for 2021, it’s a perfect time to practice 2020 Hindsight – reviewing observations from this year for insights and learnings to leverage in the coming 12 months. The operating model you’ve had in place for the past 10 years may have been perfect for 2011 but doesn’t work as well as it needs to for 2021.

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Jason Womack

AUGUST 2, 2011

The entire inventory of what: - you do by 10am each morning - systems/tools/gear/technology you count on to get your work done - brings you rest, relaxation, rejuvenation and reinvention Those inventories are critical to the change process. 2 days (Tues/Thurs) she set a timer for 10 minutes and reviewed the next two weeks of her calendar.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer 7 Steps For Customer Centric Process Improvement You can improve almost everything in your organization. Customers can be your strongest process improvement partners. Measure : Measure the extent to which process improvement really improved outcomes. If not, quickly realign.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Harvard Business Review on Rebuilding Your Business Model Various Authors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How to use innovative thinking to create or revise a business model that drives growth and profits This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in Harvard Business Review.

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QAspire

JANUARY 20, 2010

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. Same holds true for your review processes. You can also watch this video at iJump TV website.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

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. As Edward M. In the workplace, this is the challenge that managers face: to help people overcome [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 21, 2011

Spark: How Creativity Works Julie Burstein Harper/HarperCollins (2011) The process by which to “ignite” creative and innovative thinking that has breakthrough impact I have read and reviewed most of the books published during the past decade whose authors focus on leadership and/or management of creativity, innovation, and/or collaboration within a (..)

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QAspire

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer The Quest of Better Outcomes: Hierarchy And Process In quest of better outcomes (efficiency, results, productivity, improvements etc.), These structural changes won’t produce the desired outcomes if the flow (process) aspect is not addressed. Because, work flows horizontally.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Key Performance Indicators to Align the Contract Management Process With Your Sales Process. The merger of contract management processes with sales processes has become a top priority for CEOs and CFOs as the ability to get contracts signed, tracked and filed becomes a critical component in driving revenues.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

Jumping the S-Curve: How to Beat the Growth Cycle, Get on Top, and Stay There Paul Nunes and Tim Breene Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How companies can reach progressively high levels of achievement The title of this book refers to pattern of consistently elevating (“jumping”) a company to progressively high levels of achievement.

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QAspire

JULY 25, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Book Review: Everyone Communicates, Few Connect A few weeks back, my friend Becky Robinson at Mountain State University gifted me with a copy of John C. Tags: Book review , communication lessons , John C. Maxwell’s latest book “ Everyone Communicates, Few Connect ”. Have a GREAT week ahead!

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QAspire

JANUARY 21, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Lessons in Using Checklists for Managing Processes Most quality management theories and modern management practices rely heavily on checklists as an important tool to get things right the first time. In this context, I read a review Dr. Gawande’s book written by Dr. Philip K.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 6, 2011

How NET PROMOTER Companies Thrive in a Customer-Driven World Fred Reichheld with Rob Markey Harvard Business Review Press (2011) Here is an open-source system whose “engine” can drive profitable growth This is a revised and expanded second edition of a book published in 2006. The Ultimate Question 2.0:

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 7, 2011

HBR’s Ten Must Reads on Strategy Various contributors Harvard Business Press (2011) How to create “a unique and valuable position” by deciding what to do…and not do This volume is one of several in a new series of anthologies of articles that initially appeared in the Harvard Business Review, in this instance from 1960 until [.].

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2011

Key Performance Indicators to Align the Contract Management Process With Your Sales Process by Adobe/EchoSign, Inc. The merger of contract management processes with sales processes has become a top priority for CEOs and CFOs as the ability to get contracts signed, tracked and filed becomes a critical component in driving revenues.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The Perfectionist’s Handbook: Take Risks, Invite Criticism, and Make the Most of Your Mistakes Jeff Szymanski John Wiley & Sons (2011) A brilliant analysis of the differences between healthy and unhealthy perfectionism I agree with Jeff Szymanski that perfection is best viewed as an on-going process rather than as an ultimate destination.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer In Review: The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau I have been following Chris Guillebeau ’s remarkable work via his blog since last couple of years. This led me to ask one question to Chris (the same one that I asked Seth Godin about in Linchpin’s book review ).

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The following process is being used by coaches around the world for this same purpose. This process has been used with great success by both external coaches and internal coaches. Having clients and their managers agree on the desired behaviors and key stakeholders in advance helps ensure their “buy in” to the process.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Guest post from John Mattone: The fundamental belief underlying Positive Performance Management (PPM) is this: Leaders and their employees must strive to make performance reviews complete, honest, and timely. Year-Round Process: Employees need feedback on a regular basis to optimize their performance. Your words. link] /.

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Leading Blog

JULY 19, 2013

When it comes to the choices we make as consumers, we know emotion plays a big part in that process. Loveworks follows Brian''s books Basics: Online Marketing (2010) and Basics: Marketing Management (2011). He has been published in Advertising Age, the Journal of Advertising Research, and in several peer-reviewed books and journals.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 22, 2012

Consumer Shift: How Changing Values Are Reshaping the Consumer Landscape Andy Hines No Limit Publishing (2011) Here’s a GPS for those who now explore the consumer landscape I agree with Andy Hines that “changing values are reshaping the consumer landscape” and that process has been underway since the first marketplaces were established (..)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 30, 2011

The Perfectionist’s Handbook: Take Risks, Invite Criticism, and Make the Most of Your Mistakes Jeff Szymanski John Wiley & Sons (2011) A brilliant analysis of the differences between healthy and unhealthy perfectionism I agree with Jeff Szymanski that perfection is best viewed as an on-going process rather than as an ultimate destination.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer #QUALITYtweet – Interviews, Guest Post and Reviews I am delighted to share a couple of things that happened this week around my book #QUALITYtweet. He reviewed the book in a previous article and shared two-part interview with me. It reflects in the way he writes.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Breaking Away: How Great Leaders Create Innovation That Drives Sustainable Growth – and Why Others Fail Jane Stevenson and Bilal Kaafarani McGraw-Hill (2011) How and why to create a “magic mix” of innovation leadership with innovation processes Year after year, annual lists of the most highly creative organizations include “the usual suspects”: Amazon, (..)

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer A Story on Importance of Processes: From Subroto Bagchi Subroto Bagchi ’s book “ The High Performance Entrepreneur ” has shaped up my entrepreneurial thinking to a very large extent. The gentleman was explaining why process orientation is the key to building competitive success.

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Jason Womack

AUGUST 14, 2011

I started off by sharing my perspective of the productive process, and what you can do to improve workplace performance habits and practices. The last couple of pages in the workbook outline a very specific (and easy-to-implement) weekly debrief process. Identify: 2. Can people count on you to do those things?

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Jason Womack

AUGUST 3, 2011

Here's my encouragement: Review pages 3 and 7 of your workbook. PS: Copy and paste these links to continue the process. There is a "BEST" way, and that's the way that you will use, consistently, to achieve YOUR definition of productivity. That is, what IS a productive day to YOU? I can't wait to hear from you!

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Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Perhaps it was an idea for a new product or service, or a process change to solve a complex problem. Perhaps it was an idea for a new product or service, or a process change to solve a complex problem. Jeff is Professor of Strategy at Brigham Young University and Wharton.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Over the next six months, the group took part in the Team Building without Time Wasting process and I am happy to report that it is now a highly functional team, with members rating the team an 8.6! Let each team member review his or her list of suggested behavioral changes and choose the one that seems to be the most important.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Unthinking: The Surprising Forces Behind What We Buy Harry Beckwith Business Plus/Hatchette Book Group (2011) In this, his latest of five bestselling books, Harry Beckwith shares a number of especially valuable insights.

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QAspire

JANUARY 17, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Book Review: The Leadership Test by Timothy R. The teacher takes Marcus through a soul-searching process to address "Why" aspect of leadership. Clark, Ph.D. ( At the end, teacher puts Marcus through a leadership test. Quite a revelation! Have a happy Monday and a great week ahead!

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Book Review: Lead Well and Prosper by Nick McCormick Being a good manager (self-management and team management) is essential ingredient of success in today’s business environment. Nick was kind enough to send me a signed copy for review. A great tool for the beginners in management.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 19, 2011

January 19th, 2011 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Today’s guest post is from Mike Figliuolo at The thoughtLEADERS Blog. Gina : January 19, 2011 at 12:47 pm I have always believed that the most important job a leader has is to train his/her replacement. Mary Jo Asmus : January 19, 2011 at 9:20 pm Gina, thanks. Great post!

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 29, 2012

Roadmap to Revenue: How to Sell the Way Your Customers Want to Buy Kristin Zhivago Bristol & Shipley (2011) How to determine what, when, and how prospective buyers wish to make a purchase In a sales environment in which consumers now have much more information — and thus have much more control – during the [.].

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 13, 2011

Recently I posted about the annual review process where our team evaluates me in my leadership of Grace Community Church. You can read more about that process in the initial post HERE.) I really do consider the suggestions for improvement and try to make changes in how I lead following this annual review.

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