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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS JANUARY 16, 2012 Walton Coggins (Boyd Crowder in Justified) Teaches Us a Lesson about Racism Randy's blog entries discrimination diversity ethnocentrism prejudice racismI teach Speech Communication. One of the subjects we dwell on is “ethnocentrism.” It is a fancy, academic word, that basically means “I think that my group is better than your group, so I will focus on my group and, in some way or another, think less of your group.” MORE >>	FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS JULY 26, 2011 Four Innovative Initiatives to Attract and Retain Diverse Women Here is an article written by Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) 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 your life.” What makes this article especially valuable is the wealth of [.]. MORE >>	RECENT POSTS MAY 21, 2013 \| FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS The Inclusion Dividend: A book review by Bob Morris APRIL 10, 2013 \| FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg – Maybe the Perfect “Jump Starter” for Progress in Your Organization FEBRUARY 19, 2013 \| FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS This Explains Everything: A book review by Bob Morris JUNE 20, 2012 \| FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS 14 Lessons From Benjamin Franklin About Getting What You Want In Life MAY 4, 2012 \| FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS 14 Lessons From Benjamin Franklin About Getting What You Want In Life JANUARY 18, 2012 \| FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS Managing the Older Worker: A book review by Bob Morris
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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS MAY 21, 2013 The Inclusion Dividend: A book review by Bob Morris Bob''s blog entries A brilliant explanation of the ROI of a workplace community within which diversity and inclusion are core values Bibliomotion Challenges to Creating Inclusion Key Elements That Define Insider and Outsider Group Membership Mark Kaplan Mason Donovan original meaning of "barbarian": non-Greek. MORE >>	FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS APRIL 9, 2011 What Separates the Extremely Successful from the Pack? Working Women Workplace Diversity: A Manager's Guide to Solving Problems and Turning Diversity into a Competitive AdvantageHere is an excerpt from an article written by Marcie Schorr Hirsch for Harvard Business Review’s “The Conversation&# series. What success means is highly [.]. MORE >>	FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS JULY 11, 2011 Why Happy Employees Mean Happy Customers Here is an excerpt from an article written by Mike Prokopeak for Talent Management magazine online. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to TM and Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here. * * * The customer may always be right, but you better be [.]. MORE >>	FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS APRIL 10, 2013 Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg – Maybe the Perfect “Jump Starter” for Progress in Your Organization 'Just a quick note … I’ve been asked to present my synopsis of Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg at a large company as a “diversity event.” A “diversity event” leads to conversations about diversity, which can then lead to progress on the diversity front. I think this is a good idea. And, we need progress [.]. MORE >>
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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011
“All Together Now” with Peter Drucker

Bob's blog entries All Together Now “new type of organization that excels at combining the knowledge of diverse specialists” to create “a collaborative community” Charles Heckscher Citibank Claremont Graduate University Harvard Business Review IBM Laurence Prusak mutanthands.com NASA Kaiser Permanente Paul Adler Peter F. MORE >>

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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2011
One Step Forward – and Still Stuck in the Mud

Karl's blog entries caucasian Charles Scharf Chase Dave Donatelli diversity Eric Wiseman executive talent first friday book synopsis Hewlett-Packard HP J.P. Maybe not! I thought a recent article in the Wall Street Journal entitled “The Search is on for Fresh Executive Talent&# (April 11, 2011, p. [.]. MORE >>

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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2011
Business lessons to be learned from a video game, Angry Birds

Here is another excellent article featured online by the Drucker Exchange (DX) within the Drucker Institute at Claremont Business University. Bob's blog entries a can-do philosophy is essential for any entrepreneur “many policy statements “social ecologist” “You have to play to figure out the rules.” MORE >>

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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2011
Voice of Experience: Laura Liswood (Council of World Woman Leaders, Goldman Sachs)

Bob's blog entries Aspen Institute Composing a Life Council of Women World Leaders Diversity: Bringing Unconscious Beliefs to Light Get a sense of what you want your own legacy to be Goldman Sachs Harvard Business School Serving Them Right Iceland’s President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Laura Liswood Mary Catherine Bateson Melissa J. MORE >>

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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
Does the Inclusion of Women in Team Decision Making Actually Increase a Group’s Intelligence?

Green gender diversity Harvard Business Review inclusion of women spikes the quotient of intelligence MIT Center for Collective Intelligence Patrick J. Here is a brief article featured by Executive Women’s Networking Blog, sponsored by EpsteinBeckerGreen, in which Frances M. also located a link the study. Please click here. MORE >>

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Creating the Good Life: A Book review by Bob Morris FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011
Managing the Older Worker: A book review by Bob Morris FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012
Men Who Get It: Jim Wall (Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited) FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2011
The culture of engagement: 13 core elements FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011
14 Lessons From Benjamin Franklin About Getting What You Want In Life FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2012
Voice of Experience: Alison Rose (Royal Bank of Scotland) FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011
Voice of Experience: Ci Ci Holloway (UBS Investment Bank) FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2011
This Explains Everything: A book review by Bob Morris FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2013
Management Tips from Harvard Business Review: A book review by Bob Morris FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
14 Lessons From Benjamin Franklin About Getting What You Want In Life FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012
Higher Ambition: A book review by Bob Morris FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2011
Voice of Experience: Jennifer Christie (American Express) FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011
Five Secrets to Successful Rainmaking FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

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