First Friday Book Synopsis
AUGUST 27, 2011
12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women: A Portable Mentor Gail McMeekin Conari Press (2001) Note: I re-read this book while formulating questions for an interview of its author, Gail McMeekin. If anything, her insights offer even greater value now than they did years ago when the book was first published. This is another of several [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
AUGUST 31, 2011
According to the tribal wisdom of the Lakota Indians, the best strategy is to dismount. But what do they know? Few (if any) graduated from Yale, Harvard, or Princeton. Few (if any) then earned an MBA degree. What do they know about strategy? If a major consulting firm were retained to conduct a comprehensive study [.].
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First Friday Book Synopsis
AUGUST 28, 2011
“Let us keep the issues where they are. The issue is injustice. The issue is the refusal of Memphis to be fair and honest in its dealings with its public servants, who happen to be sanitation workers. Now, we’ve got to keep attention on that.&# Martin Luther King, Jr, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,&# delivered 3 [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement: Linking Strategy and Operational Excellence to Achieve Superior Performance Jeffrey K. Liker and James K. Franz McGraw-Hill (2011) How and why the Toyota Way principles can achieve excellence in every part of almost any organization all the time I have read and reviewed all of Jeffrey Liker’s previously published [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
AUGUST 29, 2011
So, here’s the thing. You will fail. You will be left behind, forgotten. You cannot rely on yesterday’s successes. People will forget them far too quickly. What are you doing this week – this day – now? That’s how you will be judged. But… the good news is a second (or third, or fourth) act [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
AUGUST 30, 2011
The story is told of an admiring friend who charms a young mother, “My, that’s a beautiful baby you have there.” The mother replies, “Oh, that’s nothing — you should see his photograph.” In this obviously weird colloquy lies a sorely bitter truth. Louis René Beres — Substance. When you communicate, (when you speak or [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
AUGUST 30, 2011
Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ryan Kohler for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here. * * * Failure to use social networking sites when promoting a job [.].
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