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(Forget a Mentor) Find a Sponsor: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

(Forget a Mentor) Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career Sylvia Ann Hewlett Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How and why mentors help prepare for opportunities but sponsors create privileged access to them; both are invaluable.

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Unreasonable Reasonableness

Lead Change Blog

” . ~ George Bernard Shaw. This post is a revision of a post which was originally published on The Strategic Learner as Being Unreasonable on September 24, 2013. “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.

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Strategic Humor: Cartoons from the November 2013 Issue

Harvard Business Review

Michael Shaw. “We To be considered for the prize, please submit your caption by Monday, October 21, 2013. “I’d like to start out as CEO and then settle into a lower position once my student loans are paid off.”. Randy Glasbergen. This had better be good.”. It’s always sad when senior management beaches itself.”. Harley Schwadron.

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Strategic Humor: Cartoons from the June 2013 Issue

Harvard Business Review

Michael Shaw. Please submit entries by May 27, 2013 to be considered. "It''s not a requirement, but if you have a PhD in the arts or humanities, it''s definitely a plus.". Kaamran Hafeez. Most people prefer to keep their pencils and coffee in separate cups.". Kaamran Hafeez. "Oh, Oh, so you''re homing from work today.". Kaamran Hafeez.

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Strategic Humor: Cartoons from the October 2013 Issue

Harvard Business Review

Michael Shaw. To be considered for the prize, please submit your caption by Thursday October 19, 2013. Susan Camilleri Konar. Hey, Frank, hold up. I stapled the wrong list of grievances to your forehead.". All booty, ill-gotten or otherwise, must be declared as income.". Louis, Missouri. Cartoonist: Paula Pratt. NEW CAPTION CONTEST.

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The Lost Art Of Inquiring & Listening

Lead Change Blog

George Bernard Shaw once said, “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” The bank went through a massive system conversion in 2013, condensing twenty-four types of checking accounts down into five. ” Therein lies the problem.

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 9/16/13)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Bob''s blog entries "How to answer ''Where do you see yourself in 5 years?''” "Key initiatives to build digital enterprises" "Taking the first (and most difficult) step" "The “scrupulous writer” "The Shortlist for the 2013 Business Book of the Year" A Life in Leadership Adam Bryant Amy Levin-Epstein and Ambassadorship Go Hand-in-Hand-in-Hand At Successful (..)

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