Sat.Dec 03, 2011

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Sharing the success

Lead on Purpose

The word “sharing” is one you won’t find used very often in business. Competition has increased in every market and those who succeed have to spend time, money and effort to win. And winning itself has become the end game for too many people. There’s nothing wrong with winning, and if you go into business (or anything for that matter), you need to focus on succeeding.

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Deliberate Practice

Coaching Tip

It's unclear if Dan McLaughlin will ever be a great golfer, but he is very good at self-promotion. He got Nike to sponsor him as a golfer even though he had never hit a golf ball or watched a golf tournament on television. McLaughlin decided to become a professional after reading Malcolm Gladwell's " Outliers ," which examines K. Anders Ericsson's study that says it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to master any skill.

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The Rare Find: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Rare Find: Spotting Exceptional Talent Before Everyone Else George Anders Portfolio/Penguin (2011) How and why great talent “isn’t hard to find if you know how [and where] to look” As George Anders explains in the Introduction, he spent two and a half years conducting research to determine the answer to this question: “How and [.].

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New Book For Work-From-Home Employees

Eric Jacobson

About 42 million people -- roughly one-third of the U.S. workforce -- work from home at least one or two days a week. If you are a leader of work-from-home employees, share the new book, There's No Place Like Working From Home , with them. Share it particularly with an employee new to working from his or her home. Author Elaine Quinn wrote the book after working as a consultant for 10 years with small business owners who struggled with organization, time management, workflow processes, productiv

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Ruth J. Simmons (Brown University) in “The Corner Office”

First Friday Book Synopsis

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 Ruth J. Simmons, president of Brown University for the last 11 years. She is is stepping down at the end [.].

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Creating Boundaries For Growth & Success

You're Not the Boss of Me

In life and work, there are many boundaries. For example, there are personal ones; interpersonal ones and systemic ones, just to name a few. And then there are organizational boundaries. These are the ones that intrigue me most because they are the most difficult to manage and yet can be just the thing that makes growth and success possible. The trouble with organizational boundaries though, is that so often they are defined by rules and procedures that have a tendency to limit creative abili

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My Top 3 Books This Year

Ron Edmondson

I love to read. Normally I’m reading several books at one time. This year I read lots of books, but these three stood out as my favorites: Rumors of God by Darren Whitehead & Jon Tyson. You Lost Me by David Kinnaman. Jesus, My Father, the CIA, And Me by Ian Morgan Crowe. What was your favorite read this year? What book should I make sure I don’t miss?

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Pathways, Means and Travelers

Rajesh Setty

An extreme focus on pathways and means might take your focus on your most important asset – you, the traveler. If that happens, you might have a successful short-term strategy coupled with a flawed long-term strategy. Let’s dig deeper on this. Lots of questions popup even when you are planning for a short trip. These questions can be: 1.

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Scripture Memorization, Week 49

Ron Edmondson

It’s the Christmas season…so this verse seems appropriate. “She will give birth to a son, and you are to name Him Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21. That’s the reason for the celebration we are experiencing this month! I’d say that’s a verse worth remembering. Merry Christmas!

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