First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 12, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nancy F. Koehn 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. * * * Apple, Google and Facebook generate a lot more buzz [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 11, 2011

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Liv Sandbaek (Managing Director, Technology, Accenture) 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 and [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 9, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Don Peck and featured in the September 2011 issue of The Atlantic. To read the complete article, check out other material, sign up for free email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo credit: Andy Reynolds/Wonderful Machine * * * The Great Recession has [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 9, 2011

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. There is no doubt that Twitter is influential: This spring, the company announced that it signed up its 200 millionth account. But how can your company reap the [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 9, 2011

Here is a recent post by Josh Linkner. For more information on creativity, visit his website by clicking here. “In addition to my blog, you’ll find free videos, quizzes, articles, eBooks and more to help fuel your creative fire!&# * * * We’ve all experienced déjà vu, looking at an unfamiliar situation and feeling like [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 8, 2011

It does not take long to fall behind in your reading. One place to fall behind is with the writings of the prolific Bob Morris. Bob has been our blogging team colleague since our blog became a genuine blog. I do not know anyone who reads as much as he does – and he remembers [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 6, 2011

For our First Friday Book Synopsis in September, we have selected two terrific books. The first will be the well-discussed book on ESPN. (Karl really wants to present this book – he is as big a sports fan as anyone I know). There are few businesses that can match the rise, and staying power, of [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 10, 2011

Over the years, I have probably read and then reviewed about 65-70 books in which their authors discuss one or more aspects of organizational culture. A few address employee engagement. Hopefully, a high percentage of those who share a workplace — at all levels and in all areas of operation — are positively and productively [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 9, 2011

The question is this: what is your business today – what is your current business? Not what was your business yesterday, but today? Here’s Seth Godin’s quote (part of a 10 minute “casual presentation” video by Seth Godin – watch it here): “What you did well isn’t important anymore. That’s the key shift. Now you have [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 9, 2011

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Viva Hammer (Principal, KPMG Washington National Tax) 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 and your [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 8, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Umair Haque 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. * * * Here’s a confession that may surprise no one who regularly reads [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 8, 2011

Rich Horwath is a national thought-leader on strategy, having appeared on NBC, WGN, and FOX TV to discuss the strategic aspect of current issues. He is the founder and president of the Strategic Thinking Institute, a former chief strategy officer, and professor of strategy at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. Rich is the author of four books, the latest being Deep [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 7, 2011

I love to read. Not everybody does. I know some really, really smart people who read very little – at least, they read very few books, or even longform reads (what we used to call essays). Oh, they read lots and lots and lots of e-mails, business proposals, spreadsheets… They know how to learn. They [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 7, 2011

Here is an excellent article written by Nigel Hollis for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * * * Not long ago, a popular post on HBR‘s site, by Dan Pallotta, was [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 6, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an interview of Richard Rumelt co-conducted by Dan P. Lovallo and Lenny T. Mendonca and featured by McKinzey & Company’s McKinsey Quarterly (November 2007). To read the compkete interview, please click here. * * * A giant in the field of strategy ruminates on strategic planning, diversification and focus, and [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 6, 2011

Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Bully Pulpit James M. Strock Three Rivers Press (2001) “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” Theodore Roosevelt I selected the quotation for the title of my review because it expresses so well Theodore Roosevelt’s core values throughout his life. He was a [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 12, 2011

Many people are unaware that among the invaluable resources that Harvard Business Review makes available at no cost online are more than 100 videos — each about five minutes in length – that have been excerpted from conversations during which eminent thought leaders share their insights. Here’s a partial list. FYI, I am using a [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 12, 2011

Before you leave town for the Labor Day Weekend, come join us for the September First Friday Book Synopsis. Karl Krayer will present a synopsis of Those Guys Have all the Fun, about the wildly successful business launch of ESPN. I will present a synopsis of Knowing Your Value, which starts with the remarkable personal story [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 12, 2011

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. Even the most decisive manager can face despair when dealing with a high-stakes matter. Next time you’re up against a career-making decision, trying doing these three things: 1. [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 11, 2011

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. Research shows that the more hours you work continuously, the greater the toll on your performance. You can greatly improve your productivity by taking a short nap. Think [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 11, 2011

Here is an especially informative article written by Joe Light and featured online by the Wall Street Journal. To check out all the resources, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * More than three-quarters of departing employees say they wouldn’t recommend their employer to others, the worst [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 10, 2011

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. The recession caused people to focus on what they had to lose, rather than what they had to gain. But without some risk-taking, there is no innovation [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 9, 2011

The 12 Secrets of Highly Successful Women: A Portable Life Coach for Creative Women Gail McMeekin Conari Press (2011) How to discover your unique gifts, claim your personal power, and help others to do so Gail McMeekin devotes a separate chapter to each of the 12 “secrets” and, in fact, none is a secret. Rather, [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 8, 2011

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. Coming up with ideas is easy. Selling them to strangers is hard. Entrepreneurs and executives alike often go to great lengths to explain how their concepts are novel [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 7, 2011

In an article featured by the Dallas Morning News (“Our fleeting focus,&# Sunday, August 7, 2011), Nicholas Carr says that, given what we know now, schools should be wary of replacing textbooks with e-readers. I agree. In fact, I think everyone should be wary of replacing bound volumes with e-readers or replacing e-readers with bound [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 7, 2011

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Alan Trefler, founder and chief executive of Pegasystems, a business technology company. He says it’s the job of each person [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 6, 2011

Here is an excerot from an article written by Alaina Love and featured by the BloombergBusinessweek website (August 6, 2011) To check out all the resources, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Completing ethics training is just the beginning of an introspective process U.S. businesses [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 12, 2011

The Story of American Business: From the Pages of the New York Times Nancy F. Koehn, Editor Harvard Business Press (2009) The Who, What, When, How, and Why of U.S. Free Enterprise Credit Nancy Koehn with skillfully selecting, organizing, and then editing a wealth of material that originally appeared in The New York Times from [.].

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