Fri.Jul 22, 2011

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Good Leaders Acknowledge What Can’t Be Done

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jeffrey Pfeffer for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * It’s never easy to decide to stop pursuing a strategy. Americans [.].

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Build Tomorrow’s Leaders Today

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Here is an article written by Sandi Edwards 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. * * * You don’t have to look further than your own workforce for future leaders. With [.].

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Be a Realistic Optimist

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Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. If you believe you will succeed, you will. Right? Not quite. Research has shown that optimism and the confidence it brings will help you reach your goals, but [.].

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Can You Train Yourself to Be the Next Steve Jobs?

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Here is an article written by Donna Fenn for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. Ignore the dumb title. Only Steve Jobs can train himself to be the next Steve Jobs. He remains a work-in-progress, exploring and embracing (sometimes celebrating) whatever intrigues and delights him in ways and to the extent his circumstances permit. Jobs [.].

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Judgment: A book review by Bob Morris

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Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls Noel M. Tichy and Warren G. Bennis Portfolio/Penguin Group (2007) Why a great leader “is the Copernican pivot at the center of the decision-making process&# This is the first book on which Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis have collaborated. Separately, each has already authored or co-authored several of [.].

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