First Friday Book Synopsis
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
Tom Stewart is Booz & Company’s Chief Marketing & Knowledge Officer. In a recent email update, he asks several intriguing questions: Are there CEOs anywhere in the world who want their companies to become less innovative? Is anyone calling on employees to do a better job of thinking inside the box? No—everyone’s in favor of [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. Viktor Frankl We cannot predict the future. But we can create it. Jim Collins, Great by Choice ———— It’s been a lot [.].
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First Friday Book Synopsis
OCTOBER 31, 2011
Everywhere we turn, the message of “simple” screams out at us. And this weekend, I heard and read that message reinforced time and again. On Saturday, Scott Simon interviewed Tony Bennett. Here is a great slice of that interview: SIMON: Who do you think you can put into a song in your 80s that you [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
NOVEMBER 2, 2011
I presented my synopsis of Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World, for a group of investors last night. Michael Lewis is a great! story teller. Here are some of his highlights, some of the most enlightening parts, of the story he weaves: Americans wanted to own homes far larger than they could afford, and [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
NOVEMBER 4, 2011
Here is an excerpt from an interview of Samuel Culbert by Ladan Nikravan in which he explains why companies should get rid of the performance review, eliminate the intimidation, change the politics, and hold the bosses accountable for making every employee a success. He asserts that traditional performance reviews are destroying employee morale and killing the [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
OCTOBER 31, 2011
The Decision to Trust: How LEADERS Creat High-Trust Organizations Robert F. Hurley Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) How and why in most (if not all) workplaces, everything of value starts with trust and stops without it. Obviously, a decision to trust anyone and anything is based on factors that vary from one person to another, from [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
NOVEMBER 4, 2011
Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Baldoni and featured by CNN online. to read the complete article, please click here. * * * Leadership is a choice. Pure and simple When you assume a position of authority, either formally as a manager or informally as a team leader, you make the [.].
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