First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 18, 2011

Here are your two choices. You can set someone up to succeed. or You can set someone up to fail. In Encouraging the Heart, Kouzes and Posner describe the danger of the “Set-up-to-fail” syndrome. The set-up-to-fail syndrome “is self-fulfilling and self-reinforcing – it is the quintessential vicious circle…” High expectations or low expectations both influence [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

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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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 18, 2011

The Essential Advantage: How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi Harvard Business Review Press (2011) The strategic power of coherence According to Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi in the first chapter, to achieve and then sustain a competitive advantage, a company “must be resolutely focused and clear-minded about three critical [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 18, 2011

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Ellen Galinsky (Co-Founder and President, Families and Work Institute) written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. “Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 18, 2011

The Set-Up-To-Fail Syndrome: How Good Managers Cause Great People to Fail Jean-Francois Manzoni (Author), Jean-Louis Barsoux Harvard Business Press (2002) The Negative Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Note: I recently re-read this book while preparing questions for an interview and was amazed, frankly, how relevant the key insights in this book are to those in other books published [.].

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