First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Last Friday, I presented my synopsis of the new Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen book, Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck – Why Some Thrive Despite Them All. It is a great addition to the Jim Collins canon. Jim Collins is a vocabulary creator. In his earlier books, he introduced hedgehog circles, and Level [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Randy, what tips do you have for softening the tone in my e-mails without sacrificing efficiency? I find anything other than direct annoying, so I’m really at a loss. This was the question sent by a person in a professional, high-stress, fully-packed, heavily-scheduled job. It is an understandable question. On the one hand, you want [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

There are two business topics that seem to bring out the best and (yes) the worst in executives: 360º feedback and performance reviews. Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rebecca Knight for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an excellent article written by James Quigley and featured (on October 19, 2011) in The Washington Post’s “On Leadership” roundtable on the best managers in baseball today. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * This piece is part of an On Leadership [.].

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