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Can You Train Yourself to Be the Next Steve Jobs?

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Only Steve Jobs can train himself to be the next Steve Jobs. Here is an article written by Donna Fenn for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. Ignore the dumb title. He remains a work-in-progress, exploring and embracing (sometimes celebrating) whatever intrigues and delights him in ways and to the extent his circumstances permit.

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Be Sure You Know How Your People Learn about Ethics

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We don’t think training people about ethics should be from a situational or conditional perspective. Karl''s blog entries certification Creative Communication Network ethics ethics training lawsuits Willful Blindness' We don’t believe in excuses or promises. We don’t believe in people sitting […].

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Leaders are “Developable” – As Are the People They Lead ; A Story about Leadership (and Employee) Development

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Take all the words you know – mentoring, coaching; training – and it all boils down to this. A person at work needs to be more… more productive, take more initiative, be more responsible, be more creative, be more diligent… And, to get there, someone […]. This is a short, but wonderful story about leadership development.

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Laura Putnam: An interview by Bob Morris

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Laura Putnam is an author and CEO of Motion Infusion, a well-being training and consulting firm that provides creative solutions in the areas of engagement, behavior change, human performance, and building healthier, happier, and more innovative organizations.

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Dallas Sales Leadership Summit – Check out This Important Learning & Networking Event for Leaders

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The First Friday Book Synopsis is: a monthly event, this blog, and part of the Creative Communication Network’s array of services for the growing business. Acuity (Sandler Training) is our 2015 yearly sponsor. (We Our sponsors are an important part of our overall efforts. We partner with folks who make a difference for the better!

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Our Crash Courses are the Way to Go

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One of our unique services at Creative Communication Network is our ability to offer training on important topics based upon the information that we derive from books that we present at the First Friday Book Synopsis. We call these Crash Courses, and you can look for the first offering, focusing upon Change and Innovation very soon.

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 1/14/13)

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I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS A Technique for Producing Ideas: The Simple, Five-Step Formula Anyone Can Use to Be More Creative in Business and in Life! James Webb Young HBR Guide to Better Business Writing Bryan A. Garner Know What You [.].

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