Wed.Oct 12, 2011

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For Your Own Talent Management & Career Ascendancy – Choose Your Boss Well

First Friday Book Synopsis

Tribal Leaders are talent magnets, with people so eager to work for the leader that they will take a pay cut if necessary. Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright ———– Ok, I’m ready to give the biggest and most important career advice I [.].

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Great by Choice: A book review by Bob Morris

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Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck – Why Some Companies Thrive Despite Them All Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen Harper Business/A HarperCollins Imprint (2011) Additional and even more valuable revelations about “the principles that distinguish great organizations from good ones” For as long as I can remember, Jim Collins has been a research-driven [.].

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The Innovator’s DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators

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You really should take advantage of this exceptional gift from Harvard Business Review and be sure to tell your friends about it. Here are the details. COMPLIMENTARY LIVE AUDIO WEBINAR Co-conductors: Clay Christensen and Hal Gregersen Renowned innovation expert and HBS Professor, Clay Christensen, and Hal Gregersen, INSEAD Senior Affiliate Professor, share secrets to cultivating [.].

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Mark Cuban Led the Way in CEO Blogging

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Books that predict the future are interesting, although perhaps preparing for it, and creating it, usually provide greater returns. Nevertheless, a new best-seller does just that. Jeanne Meister and Karie Willyerd recently published an HR-focused book, The 2020 workplace: How innovative companies attract, develop, and keep tomorrow’s employees today.

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101 Ways to Networld

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Here are ten of 101 ways Melissa G. Wilson suggests to help you become much more successful, no matter what the economy is (and isn’t) doing. They are especially helpful during tough times. Wilson is certain you will benefit from the strategies, based on decades of research and development as well as success and failure, [.].

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3 Tips for a Successful Business Pitch

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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. Before you make a pitch, remember that investors are more likely to support an entrepreneur who’s professional, well prepared, and knows her numbers. Here are three tips to [.].

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The Thought Leader Interview: Sylvia Nasar

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Here is the introduction to an interview of Sylvia Nasar by Rob Norton as part of “The Thought Leader Interview” series featured by strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. To read the complete interview, check out other resources, sign up for free email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * [.].

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