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Are Men Finished? – Have Women Really Adapted Faster, and Better, than Men?

First Friday Book Synopsis

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. (paraphrased from Charles Darwin) ———— Do you remember the TV show All In The Family? In the episode Gloria and the Riddle, Gloria stumps Archie with a classic riddle: [.].

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The Great Workplace: A book review by Bob Morris

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The Great Workplace: How to Build It, How to Keep It, and Why It Matters Michael Burchell and Jennifer Robin Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2011) This is a book I have eagerly awaited. Year after year, Fortune posts its annual list of the “1oo Best Companies to Work For.” I have never questioned the selections nor [.].

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If You Are Too Busy To Plan, You Are Too Busy! – Dan Weston Really Can Help You Plan for a Profitable, Successful 2012

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How busy are you? If you are like me, you are so busy doing your job that you practically never have time to think about doing your job better. We do not save time for planning, for coming up with a new and or improved strategy. To actually go through such a process could be [.].

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The Five Habits of Highly Innovative Leaders

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Here’s an article written by Bruce Upbin for Forbes magazine. To check out all the online resources, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscriptions information, please click here. * * * We’re proud to be publishing the first appearance of the World’s 100 Most Innovative Companies, a ranking that we hope to make an [.].

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Shortlist Announced for Financial Times and Goldman Sachs “Business Book of the Year” Award

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Thursday September 15th, 2011: The Financial Times and Goldman Sachs today announced the shortlist for the seventh annual Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award (www.ft.com/bookaward), which aims to identify the book providing the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues. The shortlist is: [.].

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Harvard Business Review on Building Better Teams: A book review by Bob Morris

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Harvard Business Review on Building Better Teams Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How and why some teams “shoot out the lights”…and most don’t Those who aspire to help create and then lead create teams that deliver high-impact results will find the material in this HBR book invaluable. It is one of the volumes [.].

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Voice of Experience: Kim Stafford (PIMCO)

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Here is an excerpt from a profile of Kim Stafford (Executive Vice President, PIMCO) 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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