Mon.Feb 06, 2012

First Friday Book Synopsis

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The Balanced Scorecard: Do’s and Don’ts

First Friday Book Synopsis

In a book published in 1996, The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy Into Action, Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton developed in much greater depth and detail a concept they introduced previously in an HBR article (January/February, 1992): the balanced scorecard. As they explain in their Preface, “the Balanced Scorecard [BSC] evolved from an improved [.].

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Quiet by Susan Cain & Taking People With You? by David Novak?- for the March First Friday Book Synopsis

First Friday Book Synopsis

For the March First Friday Book Synopsis, we have selected two terrific books. With each presentation, you will receive a multi-page, useful handout, which you can follow as you listen to our presentations. Karl Krayer will present a synopsis of Taking People With You: The Only Way to Make Big Things Happen? by David Novak. And [.].

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Three Ways to Turn Setbacks into Progress

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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Teresa Amabile and Steve Kramer 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. Artwork: The Big Mobile (2004), 3rd Biennial of Contemporary Art [.].

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Sheryl Sandberg: The $1.6 Billion Woman, Staying on Message

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Nicole Perlroth and Claire Cain Miller about Sheryl Sandberg, featured in The New York Times (February 4, 2012). To read the complete article, please click here. * * * Facebook‘s No. 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg, will reap a fortune in its stock offering. And she hasn’t [.].

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