QAspire

DECEMBER 23, 2012

This year, I review three blogs that I have loved reading. I reviewed Seth’s blog last year as well apart from doing “one-question interview and review” for his books “ Linchpin ” and “ Poke the Box ”. Seth Godin’s Blog. Can I see your body of work? : “Are you leaving behind an easily found trail of accomplishment?

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 14, 2011

You’re the Boss, Give Yourself a Performance Review. Suzanne Lucas, The Evil HR Lady from AllBusiness.com, tells us that even though you’re the boss, you should still get a performance review — even if you have to do it yourself! The One Resolution You Need to Make in 2012.

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Review Power Performance Review Follow-up 167

Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2020

Here is a ForexSignals.com review for you. You can search for reviews about ForexSignals.com on search engines like Google. However, if you enter the correct query “ForexSignals”, then a majority of the reviews which appear are positive. First impression. General information. These people are positioned as professions.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 26, 2022

We’ve been blogging since 2012, so it’s interesting to see which topics continue to resonate and show up on the best leadership articles list year after year. Great mid-year review questions to make your team stronger. My son, Ben, is a manager at the University of Maine, looking to do a great job with his mid-year review.

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Article Leadership Bureaucracy Review 234

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 24, 2014

She''s also authored 2 books, Navigating Life’s Roadways: Stories of Insight from My Odyssey and Inspiration for Your Journey, and Life is A Review: Observations and Collections of My Passages Through the Times, released in June 2012. You can connect with her on her Member Profile , Amazon page , website , LinkedIn or Facebook.

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Resources Seminar Human Resources Audience 308

First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 21, 2013

Garner Harvard Business Review Pfress (2012) “I’m writing a book. ” Steven Wright This is one of the first volumes in a new series of anthologies of articles previously published in Harvard Business Review. HBR Guide to Better Business Writing Bryan A. I’ve got the page numbers done.”

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Review Books Article Reference 89

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MAY 30, 2012

Brown Harvard Business Review Press (2012) Why and how serial entrepreneurs thrive best in uncertain environments…and what lessons can be learned from them Although there is much to be said for the value of Steven [.]. Just Start: Take Action, Embrace Uncertainty, and Create the Future Leonard A. Schleshinger and Charles F.

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Review Uncertainty Books Entrepreneur 90

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APRIL 19, 2012

Davenport and Brook Manville Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why to take full and systematic advantage of technology and analytics to create deeper and more sustainable judgment To introduce this review, I call upon Peter Drucker: “There is [.].

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Review Drucker Books Technology 80

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FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Repeatability: Build Enduring Businesses for a World of Constant Change Chris Zook and James Allen Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why simplifying operations, sharpening focus, and liberating energy can be an antidote to escalating complexity As Chris Zook and James Allen indicate in the Introduction, they share an interest in why so few (..)

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Review Books Energy Operations 85

Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 28, 2014

She''s also authored 2 books, Navigating Life’s Roadways: Stories of Insight from My Odyssey and Inspiration for Your Journey, and Life is A Review: Observations and Collections of My Passages Through the Times, released in June 2012. You can connect with her on her Member Profile , Amazon page , website , LinkedIn or Facebook.

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Seminar Power Tips Audience 292

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 8, 2013

The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative Organizations Joshua Lerner Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How to combine two traditional models “within a powerful system that consistently and efficiently produces new ideas” By nature, books about innovation should contribute something new and/or something better to our (..)

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Review Innovation Welch Books 80

Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

She''s also authored 2 books, Navigating Life’s Roadways: Stories of Insight from My Odyssey and Inspiration for Your Journey, and Life is A Review: Observations and Collections of My Passages Through the Times, released in June 2012. You can connect with her on her Member Profile , Amazon page , website , LinkedIn or Facebook.

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Seminar Audience Leadership Development Diversity 312

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 19, 2013

It’s Always Personal: Navigating Emotion in the New Workplace Anne Kreamer Random House (2012) How and why “expression of emotion in the workplace will become more acceptable” The title of this review was excerpted from one of Daniel Goleman’s most important books, Emotional Intelligence, in which he observes, “What’s changing is how we are socialized (..)

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Review Emotional Intelligence Books Blog 85

First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Nassim Nicholas Taleb Random House (2012) How to build “a systematic and broad guide to nonpredictive decision making under uncertainty Here is the context (in the Prologue) from which an excerpt serves as the title of this review: “By grasping the mechanisms of antifragility we can build a systematic and (..)

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Review Uncertainty Books How To 80

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 28, 2014

She''s also authored 2 books, Navigating Life’s Roadways: Stories of Insight from My Odyssey and Inspiration for Your Journey, and Life is A Review: Observations and Collections of My Passages Through the Times, released in June 2012. You can connect with her on her Member Profile , Amazon page , website , LinkedIn or Facebook.

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Tools Seminar Power Leadership 311

Lead Change Blog

MAY 23, 2014

She''s also authored 2 books, Navigating Life’s Roadways: Stories of Insight from My Odyssey and Inspiration for Your Journey, and Life is A Review: Observations and Collections of My Passages Through the Times, released in June 2012. You can connect with her on her Member Profile , Amazon page , website , LinkedIn or Facebook.

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Motivation Seminar Strategy Audience 294

First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 24, 2012

How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character Paul Tough Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2012) “Why do some children thrive while others lose their way?” The question I selected as a title for this review is one of several to which Paul Tough responds in this book. The titles of the first four [.].

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Comoetition, and Unstoppable Innovation Gary Hamel Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) How and why knowing and doing what matters NOW will create an organization “fit for the future and fit for human beings” I have read and reviewed all of Gary Hamel’s previously [.].

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Hamel Review Books Innovation 85

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DECEMBER 4, 2012

The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing Michael Mauboussin Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why to “untangle” skill and luck to improve at “the art of good guesswork” when making decisions I have read all of Michael Mauboussin’s HBR Blog posts and thus have eagerly anticipated the publication [.]. (..)

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Review Succession Sports Books 75

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JUNE 29, 2012

Being Global: How to Think, Act, and Lead in a Transformed World Ángel Cabrera and Gregory Unruh Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why business leaders who develop a global mindset can help their companies to transcend cultural barriers Companies cannot become global leaders unless and until their executives “think, act, and lead [them [.]. (..)

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Globalization Review Books Company 75

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JULY 5, 2012

Calculating Success: How the New Workplace Analytics Will Revitalize Your Organization Carl Hoffman, Eric Lesser, and Tim Ringo Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why “the connective tissue between vision and execution is workforce analytics” According to Carl Hoffmann, Eric Lesser, and Tim Ringo, “there is more measurable value (..)

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Review Succession Books Execution 75

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 19, 2012

Davenport and Brook Manville Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why to take full and systematic advantage of technology and analytics to create deeper and more sustainable judgment To introduce this review, I call upon Peter Drucker: “There is [.].

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Review Drucker Books Technology 70

First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Harvard Business Review Press (2012) Whatever got an organization here probably won’t get it there There are countless examples of once-great companies such as Kodak and Sears that became victims of what had once been the reasons for their [.]. Thorndike, Jr.

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Review Books CEO Company 70

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JULY 3, 2012

Being Global: How to Think, Act, and Lead in a Transformed World Ángel Cabrera and Gregory Unruh Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why business leaders who develop a global mindset can help their companies to transcend cultural barriers Companies cannot become global leaders unless and until their executives “think, act, and lead [them [.]. (..)

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Globalization Review Books Company 70

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APRIL 7, 2013

In July 2012 the Associated Press reported that by the end of the year the national poverty rate would grow to 15.7 percent of the population, a number equaling poverty levels present in 1965 during the days of President Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” and the “War on Poverty.” …Some estimate that poverty is a problem [.].

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Review Books Blog Report 192

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JUNE 28, 2012

Perlow Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why to avoid or break free from a cycle that grows (unintentionally) vicious Ignore the title of this book. Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24/7 Habit and Change the World Leslie A. It serves only the publisher’s marketing purposes.

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MAY 21, 2012

Beyond Performance Management: Why, When, and How to Use 40 Tools and Best Prsctices for Superior Business Performance Jeremy Hope and Steve Player Harvard Business Review Press (2012) Invaluable advice for results-driven, principled managers at all levels and in all areas of business operations Jeremy Hope and Steve Player provide a crystal clear (..)

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Review Management Books Advice 75

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MAY 25, 2012

Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success Chip Conley Free Press/A Division of Simon & Schuster (2012) An “operating manual” from an “emotional concierge” for those who seek meaning in life on the other side of complexity I have read and reviewed Chip Conley’s previous books and with all due respect to them, [.].

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Review Simon Books Operations 75

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing John Perry Workman Publishing (2012) “The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.” ” As I began to read this book, I was reminded of the Steven Wright observation that I selected for the title of this review.

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Review Books How To Education 80

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JUNE 12, 2012

inGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity Tina Seelig HarperOne/An imprint of HarperCollins (2012) How and why the tools and techniques of creative thinking are as essential to invention as the scientific method is to discovery There are six components that comprise what Tina Seelig characterizes as an “Innovation Engine.”

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Review Engineering Books Creativity 139

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AUGUST 18, 2011

On February 5, 2012 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, a Super Bowl Champion will be crowned. I do not know which team will win, although, though I am a Cowboys fan, you almost have to root for Manning and the Colts at their home field. But I know that every team in the [.].

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Team Performance Review Review Blog 89

First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 9, 2012

Anthony Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How to develop and then apply the skills needed to create “something different that has impact” I have read and reviewed all of the other books that Scott Anthony has authored or co-authored and [.]. The Little Black Book of Innovation: How It Works, How to Do It Scott D.

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Review Books Innovation Skills 75

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DECEMBER 4, 2012

HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2012) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.” Peter Drucker This is one of the first volumes in a new series of anthologies of articles previously published in Harvard [.].

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Review Drucker Books Efficiency 75

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

Practice Perfect: 42 Rules for Getting Better at Getting Better Doug Lemov, Erica Woolway, and Katie Yezzi Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) How and why ”practice doesn’t make perfect, practice makes permanent” For several decades, Anders Ericsson and his associates at Florida State University have been conducting research on peak (..)

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JUNE 28, 2012

Adaptability: The Art of Winning in an Age of Uncertainty Max McKeown KoganPage (2012) “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”

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Review Uncertainty Books How To 117

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Lead with Purpose: Giving Your Organization a Reason to Believe in Itself John Baldoni AMACOM (2012) The multi-dimensional “why” of initiative and fulfillment for organizations as well as for individuals I selected my review’s title because, in his latest book, John Baldoni focuses on how and why having (or not having) a sense of purpose [.]. (..)

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Review Books Organization Ulrich 75

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JANUARY 23, 2012

Your MBA Game Plan: Proven Strategies for Getting Into the Top Business Schools, Third Edition Omari Bouknight and Scott Shrum Career Press (2012) To paraphrase Henry Ford, “Whether you think you can earn an MBA from a top business school or you can’t, you’re probably right.” This review is of the Third Edition of a [.].

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Planning Review Books Career 75