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OCTOBER 4, 2012

No Excuses: Take Responsibility for Your Own Success David Neenan with Eric Lucas Morgan James Publishing (2011) How to avoid becoming a sea squirt We cannot control or even influence much of what happens to us but we [begin italics] can [end italics] control how we respond to it.

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APRIL 4, 2012

Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success On the Far Side of Failure Paul J.F. Schoemaker Wharton Digital Press (2011) How and why mistakes “enlarge our range of experience, shrink our ego, and thereby increase the chance of discovery.” The title of this review was excerpted from a longer passage worthy of inclusion now.

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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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APRIL 27, 2012

The Winner’s Brain: 8 Strategies Great Minds Use to Achieve Success Jeff Brown and Mark Fenske with Liz Neporent DeCapo Press/Perseus Books Group (2011) How and why your brain can help you to become the best person you can be Note: I recently re-read this book, first published in 2010, and value what it offers [.].

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JANUARY 24, 2012

The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure Grant Cardone John Wiley & Sons (2011) How to increase sustainable fulfillment of human potentialities, one’s own as well as those of others Many years ago, I read a book written by David J. Schwartz, The Magic of Thinking Big, that helped me to widen [.].

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JUNE 2, 2011

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

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Velocity Manifesto: Harnessing Technology, Vision, and Culture to Future-Proof Your Organization Scott Klososky Greenlead Book Group (2011) Digital plumbing + high-beam strategy + high-velocity culture = business success (however defined) Almost immediately, Scott Klososky establishes and then sustains a direct, personal, and at times almost confrontational (..)

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DECEMBER 27, 2011

Good Company: Business Success in the Worthiness Era Laurie Bassi, Ed Frauenheim, Dan McMurrer, with Larry Costello Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2011) How and why companies must prove worthy of consumers’ business, employees’ best efforts, and investors’ dollars What’s in a word?

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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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MARCH 18, 2011

Ten Steps Ahead: What Separates Successful Business Visionaries from the Rest of Us Erik Calonius Portfolio/Penguin Group (2011) Dreamers think about it…visionaries see it and then make it happen, at whatever cost The material in Ten Steps Ahead is based on what Erik Calonius learned during his research (including interviews of various business visionaries) (..)

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AUGUST 25, 2011

Vlachoutsicos that appears in the September (2011) issue of Harvard Business Review. To read the cmplete article, please click here. * * * Successful managers depend on the capabilities of their subordinates: George’s marketing skills, Maria’s ability to run the numbers, Michael’s local knowledge, [.].

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JULY 15, 2011

Surviving the Serengeti: 7 Skills To Master Business and Life Stefan Swanepoel John Wiley & Sons (2011) A parable for success that sometimes requires a perilous journey of self-discovery Fables may well be among the earliest forms of storytelling and remain popular among several business thinkers, notably Stephen Denning and Patrick Lencione.

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MAY 26, 2011

I have just read and will soon review Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success, written by Thomas J. DeLong and published by Harvard Business Review Press (June 14, 2011). DeLong examines comparing or what is termed “social relativity” in the social sciences (i.e.

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MAY 16, 2011

Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People Brian Tracy AMACOM (2011) “Why are some companies more successful and more profitable than others?&# Full Engagement!: That [.].

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

In the June 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review, “The Paradox of Excellence,” Thomas J. Here are some behaviors that, although they may help someone to achieve success, can also get in the way. [.]. DeLong and Sara DeLong explain how and why high achievers often undermine their leadership by being afraid to show their limitations.

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AUGUST 25, 2011

In a stunning reversal against the digital book market, the Wall Street Journal reports that a successful author has turned to phyiscal paperbacks through a contract with a traditional publisher. Trachtenberg, is entitled “E-Book Author Tries New Format: Real Paperbacks&# (August 23, 2011, p. The article, authored by Jeffrey A.

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JANUARY 30, 2011

Here is an article written by Margaret Heffernan for BNET (January 27, 2011), The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * * * When I meet with CEOs, I like to find out [.].

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MARCH 9, 2011

Here is an article written by Steve Tobak for BNET (February 10, 2011), The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * * * Few historical figures are as divisive and polarizing as Niccolo [.].

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MARCH 11, 2011

Change the Culture, Change the Game: The Breakthrough Strategy for Energizing Your Organization and Creating Accountability for Results Roger Connors and Tom Smith Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2011) A comprehensive, cohesive, and cost-effective methodology to achieve breakthrough results In Leading Change, James O’Toole suggests that much (most?)

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MARCH 10, 2012

Snook No Limit Publishing (2011) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Wealth Matters: Rebuild and Restore Your Life, Victorious!, Makeover Edition Muzafer Najf and Chris J. ” Henry Ford Of course wealth matters. credit card debt [.].

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Kaplan in his recently published book, What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential, published by Harvard Business School Press (2011). Cultivate junior coaches Write down a realistic assessment of your specific strengths [.].

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MARCH 14, 2011

Here is an article written by Margaret Heffernan for BNET (March 3, 2011), The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * * * Multi-tasking has become an epidemic.

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DECEMBER 10, 2011

Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril Margaret Heffernan Walker Books (2011) How and why all of us should develop “fierce determination to see” whatever we need to understand Margaret Heffernan’s background in business is wide as well as deep.

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DECEMBER 3, 2011

The Rare Find: Spotting Exceptional Talent Before Everyone Else George Anders Portfolio/Penguin (2011) How and why great talent “isn’t hard to find if you know how [and where] to look” As George Anders explains in the Introduction, he spent two and a half years conducting research to determine the answer to this question: “How (..)

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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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MARCH 28, 2012

Paul Schoemaker is the founder and chairman of Decision Strategies International, Inc., a consulting and training company specializing in strategic planning and executive development. He is also a co-founder and chairman of Strategic Radar Inc. and serves as Research Director of the Mack Center for Technological Innovation at the Wharton School.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Here is an article written by Mike Prokopeak for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here. * * * Just because employees are highly engaged doesn’t mean they’re going to stick around. And [.].

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JUNE 3, 2011

Here is the first portion of an article featured by Talent Management magazine. To see the list of 48 companies, check out all the resources, and sign up for a free subscription to the Talent Management and Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here. * * * The National Business Group on [.].

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