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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  As a service to you I have narrowed down this collection of reading material to highlight five blog posts from the week of August 2nd to August 8th, 2010 that I found to be especially noteworthy.  Enjoy!

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Is There a CEO Afterlife? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Former CEO of sports apparel maker Russell Corporation, Jack Ward puts his time and money into helping inner-city kids. Warren Staley (Cargill) supports Habitat for Humanity with a hammer, a saw and a wallet. But, not every CEO follows this trodden path.

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Eliminate Slogans, Exhortations and Targets

Deming Institute

Edwards Deming’s list of 14 points for western management : Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and targets for the work force asking for zero defects and new levels of productivity. If so, you should examine your management system. It is a bad sign and points to serious management problems. Point 10 on W.

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How to Coach, According to 5 Great Sports Coaches

Harvard Business Review

Business is not a sport. Under manager Joe Girardi , the New York Yankees baseball team won their 27th World Series championship title. Under manager Joe Girardi , the New York Yankees baseball team won their 27th World Series championship title. Girardi has won more than 500 games as a manager.

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Goal Setting vs. Goal Sitting

Chris Brady

Select one (or at the most two), and hammer away at it with all your ability. An action plan might involve joining a health club, working out three to four times a week, and managing your caloric intake. Now, I am not a weight management specialist. Resist this temptation. Focus is the key. Take immediate action. So far so good.

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When One Person’s High Performance Creates Resentment in Your Team

Harvard Business Review

Many managers miss or underestimate the potential harm to high performers from their teams. Often with good intentions, managers set up high performers as targets for sabotage, aggression, and exclusion. As the Japanese proverb warns : “The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.”

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Choice Helps High-End Products, Hurts Low-End Products

Harvard Business Review

And the effect is not limited to specific categories of products; a surprisingly large assortment invites people to contemplate and raise their personal interest in quality, regardless of whether we are talking about groceries or musical instruments, sports cars or — as our research shows — collectors' items sold at auction.