First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 6, 2012

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 Ken Rees, president and chief executive of Think Finance, a developer of financial products.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Finance Without Fear : A Guide to Creating and Managing a Profitable Business by William S. Hettinger and John Dolan-Heitlinger About the Reference Finance Without Fear : A Guide to Creating and Managing a Profitable Business by William S. You just finished reading Recommended Resource - Finance Without Fear !

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 9, 2018

today, where complexity is piled upon complexity in a number of critical sectors, such as health care, energy, finance, and government. The increased role of finance in our economy. His book, Untangling the U.S.A: Wholesale changes must be contemplated. This is particularly true in the U.S.A Government. Social programs.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In our book, Relentless: The Forensics of Mobsters; Business Practices , we discovered the leadership principles of organized crime syndicates that forge high-performance teams of very loyal gangsters, incredibly strong brand names and cultures with a long-term perspective and an unrelenting customer focus. Zimmerman , Ph.D.,

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Rich Gee Group

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

After 20+ years in corporate management positions and coaching high-performing executives, I've seen it all. Encourage and finance increased education at all levels and most of all, make conferences, books, magazines, etc. mandatory and paid for by corporate.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Greg McKeown most famously wrote about priority in his book Essentialism. The finance person’s priority is budgets and profit/loss statements. Mike is a published author and released his first book, Rookie Mistakes: Advice From Top Executives on 5 Critical Leadership Errors, in October of 2018. It was singular.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 1, 2012

Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance Tim Koller, Richard Dobbs, and Bill Huyett John Wiley & Sons (2011) How executives can make much better decisions – “even as markets, economies, and industries change around them” All organizations need a solid foundation on which their executives can base their most important decisions about strategy, (..)

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

So it was with great interest that I recently read her latest book, “ The Entrepreneur Equation “ The book is a wonderful distillation of all that advice she has given over the years, well sequenced and organized. There’s a great chart in the book that breaks this down perfectly. Well done Carol!

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The N2Growth Leaders25 Awards are considered to be the Oscars of professional excellence for Board and C-level executives. She possesses a sixth-sense about what makes people tick and who not only “fits” but “adds” She is a member of JLL’s Global Executive Board, which is responsible for the firm’s strategic direction.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

It took a global pandemic to shake open executive minds to the possibility of better ways of doing office work. Finance and development providers should be rewarded for sustainably managing what exists already, rather than pursuing new ventures. Fixed became fluid. We can all do much to improve the regenerative capabilities of offices.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 20, 2018

But here are several that I found interesting my first time through the book: Steve Blank: Startups Are Not a Smaller Version of a Large Company. The corollary for an enterprise is as follows: A company is a permanent organization designed to execute a repeatable and scalable business model. Danny Lange: Becoming Truly Data Driven.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2012

Most advice for positioning yourself for executive positions mirrors Martin’s sentiments: If you want to land in the executive chair, the first thing you need to do is get executive experience. I’ll counter with my own observation: If you want to land in the executive chair, start planning to do so when you’re in high school.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Sean is also an author, and each of his books, Rapid Teamwork , The 10 Commandments of Winning Teammates , and Staying Coachable , are entertaining parables with powerful take-aways for team growth and leadership!

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Why shouldn’t there be something, other than a book and a “good luck” handshake, to offer a newly promoted or soon to be promoted senior manager to help them be successful in their new role? In my opinion, Scott’s book is one of the best on senior leadership transitions, and much of the program will be based on its principles.

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Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 1, 2018

My new book Ignite Your Leadership Expertise is available for pre-order on Amazon.com. Or cut ties and incur the wrath of the executive sponsors and finance department. In their book Decisive , Chip Heath and Dan Heath recommend a way to reality test your assumptions using a method they call “ooch.”

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2023

According to Yahoo Finance, there are only four openly gay CEOs atop Fortune 500 companies. Is there a glass ceiling for gay executives? To try to answer those questions, we invited Jim Fielding, an openly gay entertainment-industry executive, to be a guest on The New World of Work.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 29, 2018

At a time when fraud, sexual harassment, and other forms of workplace misconduct are making daily headlines, ethics has become as indispensable a tool for the modern workplace as technology or finance. In TAKING ETHICS SERIOUSLY , author John Hooker, provides an intellectual framework for deciding whether an action is ethical.

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Rich Gee Group

APRIL 5, 2018

After 20+ years in corporate management positions and coaching high-performing executives, I've seen it all. Encourage and finance increased education at all levels and most of all, make conferences, books, magazines, etc. mandatory and paid for by corporate.

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Leading Blog

JULY 17, 2019

I wrote the book Always and Never: 20 Truths for a Happy Heart , to help center readers on guardrails for living and leading at your best. Take care of your health and finances on a daily basis. Read books and magazines that broaden your horizons. Never undermine trust placed in you by others by not keeping your word. #6.

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Leading Blog

JULY 14, 2017

Walking the Camino emboldened me to check off a goal that I had long thought was beyond my abilities – writing a book. I decided to write a book about those insights. That book, Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide their Teams to Exceptional Results (Career Press), was named a Top 20 Leadership Book of 2016.

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Rich Gee Group

APRIL 5, 2018

After 20+ years in corporate management positions and coaching high-performing executives, I’ve seen it all. Encourage and finance increased education at all levels and most of all, make conferences, books, magazines, etc. mandatory and paid for by corporate.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2014

Crafting and writing a branded healthcare executive resume, that differs from the traditional medical resume, can make a significant difference in your executive job search results and improve the opportunities to land that next-level position in pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device industries.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

According to bank executives, companies including Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Moelis have introduced programs to automate basic functions such as generating pitch books and valuation modeling. Moelis is concentrating on making the pitch book task as easy as possible by making data scrolling automatic.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Shamis: One of the most gratifying experiences in writing a leadership book is the introspection youallow yourself in the process. Today, I help (mostly) professional services firms — law, accounting, insurance, architecture, finance — attain growth, productivity, and profitability.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 24, 2014

Thanks to Professor Clayton Christensen of Harvard University and his 1997 landmark book, The Innovator’s Dilemma , we have a new way of understanding the life cycle of companies and why some market leaders maintain their dominant position and other one-time market leaders disappear. ebooks disrupting the giant book publishing houses.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 29, 2014

Avery had gotten her first post-college job as an assistant to the co-executive producer to a new network daytime TV talk show. The book is not just a how-to book of bullet points, but it is filled with stories from Carpenter''s own life that give the advice credibility and context.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 29, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 3 Ways To Successfully Attain Any Goal In Life. When are the Finance and Research steps complete? Initiate the finance process. Why does that happen?

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

” Dr. Seuss’s first book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street , was rejected by different publishers 27 times. Walt Disney, according to legend, was turned down 302 times before he got financing for creating Disneyland. Edison once said, “I have not failed. So before you think of quitting, think again: 1.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

Rarely do I speak with an executive who hasn’t drunk the talent messaging Kool-Aid. It has been my consistent experience that talent is one of the most often discussed, and least effectively actioned issues at executive leadership meetings. If your company doesn’t have a Chief Talent Officer, Chief People Officer etc.,

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 30, 2017

Score Organization (Previously Service Corps of Retired Executives). You can check out books on any subject available. You can borrow audio books. Book clubs (so you can meet other like-minded people). Many churches now offer classes on business or finance related topics. But there’s more.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Okay, so you founded the company, but does that mean you should also be the chief executive? Sure, it’s your business, your idea, your net worth at risk and certainly nobody else will work as hard as you will, but is this really the right way to evaluate who should be the chief executive? Which hat, or hats do you wear?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Let me give you a great example…It is not at all uncommon for an executive to tell me that his/her business doesn’t really have any competition. What I do vehemently dispute is the assertion that a particular nuance is reasonable justification for flawed business logic to prevail.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 29, 2018

At a time when fraud, sexual harassment, and other forms of workplace misconduct are making daily headlines, ethics has become as indispensable a tool for the modern workplace as technology or finance. In TAKING ETHICS SERIOUSLY , author John Hooker, provides an intellectual framework for deciding whether an action is ethical.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Chief Executive An online magazine written exclusively for chief executive officers and their peers. ** N2′s Top pick for C-suite insights and information. CFO.com Web magazine targeted to senior financial executives. … Executive Development Opportunities. Business2.0 N2 is a proud member of Linked-In.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 16, 2020

And Maya Hu-Chan’s new book, SAVING FACE: How to Preserve Dignity and Build Trust is full of ways for leaders to: Increase your positive influence. Maya Hu-Chan is a management consultant, executive coach, author, and speaker, and founder of Global Leadership Associates. Become a more empathetic and self-aware leader. Maya Hu-Chan.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

He serves these firms with a range of accounting and consulting expertise that includes merger and acquisition advisory services, finance and business consulting, tax and estate planning, business negotiations, executive compensation, litigation settlements, and other management advisory services.

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