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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Catherine Farley and David Smith are managing directors in the Accenture Talent and Organization practice. Susan Cantrell is a research fellow at the Accenture Institute for High Performance. Cantrell and Smith are co-authors of Workforce of One: Revolutionizing Talent Management Through Customization.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 25, 2011

To read the cmplete article, please click here. * * * Successful managers depend on the capabilities of their subordinates: George’s marketing skills, Maria’s ability to run the numbers, Michael’s local knowledge, [.]. Vlachoutsicos that appears in the September (2011) issue of Harvard Business Review.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 5, 2012

To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here. * * * The skills gap is getting wider, shedding light on the importance of retaining [.].

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AUGUST 15, 2011

Dyer is a professor at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management and co-author of The Innovator’s DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators, co-authored with Hal B. [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 19, 2012

So, here is one of those: Leadership requires great listening skills. As I have observed more than once, when you read a conclusion/assertion in a number of different books (i.e., a lot more than just one book), there’s a pretty good chance it is worth paying a lot of attention to. So, let’s take a [.].

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MAY 7, 2016

Erika advises senior executives in companies like NBCUniversal, Tory Burch, GE, Madison… Read More Erika Andersen on how to accelerate personal growth and professional development: An interview by Bob Morris.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Here’s an article written by Leslie Brokaw and featured online by MIT Sloan Management Review. To check out all the resources, sign up for free email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Want to change a bad habit that you have — or that your organization has developed? In their [.].

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JANUARY 14, 2013

The website Brain Pickings is the brain child of Maria Popova, an “interestingness hunter-gatherer and curious mind at large,” who also writes for Wired UK and The Atlantic, among others, and is an MIT Futures of Entertainment Fellow. She has gotten occasional help from a handful of guest contributors.

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JANUARY 9, 2012

The Little Black Book of Innovation: How It Works, How to Do It Scott D. Anthony Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How to develop and then apply the skills needed to create “something different that has impact” I have read and reviewed all of the other books that Scott Anthony has authored or co-authored and [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 27, 2011

Harvard Business Review on Finding & Keeping the Best People Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How to recruit, hire, onboard, and retain the workers who possess the character, talent, and skills your company needs This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in HBR.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 6, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Customer CEO: How to Profit from the Power of Your Customers Chuck Wall The Referral Engine: Teaching Your Business to Market Itself John Jantsch Disney U : How Disney University Develops the World’s Most Engaged, Loyal, [.].

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JUNE 30, 2013

Gayle (CARE) in “The Corner Office” How to Storyboard Your Presentation Lifehacker LinkedIn Malcolm Gladwell Management Tip of the Day Managers as Mentors Manish Tangri Michael E. Bell and Marshall Goldsmith Deloitte Dharmesh Shah Gallup Organization HBR Helene D.

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APRIL 24, 2012

Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business Thor Muller and Lane Becker Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) How and why to cultivate conditions and develop skills for chance encounters that offer new business opportunities Almost a century ago, Oliver Wendell Holmes observed, “I wouldn’t give a fig for simplicity [.]. (..)

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DECEMBER 4, 2012

The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing Michael Mauboussin Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why to “untangle” skill and luck to improve at “the art of good guesswork” when making decisions I have read all of Michael Mauboussin’s HBR Blog posts and thus have eagerly anticipated the publication [.]. (..)

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APRIL 6, 2012

Power Listening: Mastering the Most Critical Business Skill of All Bernard T. Ferrari Portfolio/Penguin Group (2012) How and why the difference between great and mediocre managers is the ability to listen In Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, Susan Cain suggests that there is much of value to be [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 26, 2011

Here is an article written by Nora Gardner, William Wolf, and Devin McGranahan for The McKinsey Quarterly website, published by McKinsey & Company. Although the thrust of the material is focused on larger organizations, there are some key points relevant to all organizations, whatever their size and nature may be.

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JANUARY 17, 2012

Hiring for Attitude: A Revolutionary Approach to Recruiting Star Performers with Both Tremendous Skills and Super Attitude Mark Murphy McGraw-Hill (2012) With rare exception, attitude determines altitude Long ago, I became convinced that most human limits are self-imposed.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Management (noun): the act or skill of controlling and making decisions about a business, department, sports team, etc. the act or process of deciding how to use something ——————– The more you tackle “knowledge work,” the more you work in the realm of […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 27, 2011

In Flash Foresight: How to See the Invisible and Do the Impossible, written with John David Mann and published by HarperBusiness (2011), Daniel Burrus discusses a skill that uses “the data of your five senses, as well as that intuitive sixth sense we all have that some call a gut feeling or hunch. But flash [.]

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JANUARY 17, 2013

Through his interactive program, The Music Paradigm, he has taught hundreds of top companies around the world how to improve their leadership skills and teamwork. Roger Nierenberg is a highly successful conductor who has performed with some of the most distinguished orchestras in America and Europe.

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MARCH 8, 2014

She also teaches an online self-paced class consisting of 20+ short how-to videos via Skill Share. She is the author of Idea to Invention: What You Need to Know to Cash in Your Inspiration (AMACOM, January 2014.) Among her many inventions […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

In the writing skills course that we teach at Creative Communication Network, entitled Write Your Way to Success, we discuss how to handle e-Mails. Most of our participants claim they write e-Mails as more than 85% of the type of writing they do on the job. Obviously, writing e-Mails is often responding to other e-Mails.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 6, 2012

says he has learned to translate the skills of running a [.]. 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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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

And teaching people who work for you is a very important skill set that requires patience. Bryant: What are some important leadership lessons you’ve learned? Stoute: One of the hardest things to do is run an organization. I’ve seen a lot of great leaders fail to execute [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 17, 2011

As you seek to get better at all of the aspects of your work, it is better to do something as well as you can, now, than not do it at all because you have not yet mastered the skills needed. This is what I mean.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 10, 2011

2008) For the layman as well as for the high-skilled technician/designer, Tessa Blakely Silver really does provide a helpful explanation and demonstration of how to develop, create, and enhance WP themes. WordPress Theme Design: A Complete Guide to Creating Professional WordPress Themes Tessa Blakely Silver Packt Publishing Ltd.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Creative Conspiracy: The New Rules of Breakthrough Collaboration Leigh Thompson This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking John Brockman, Editor Unrelenting Innovation: How to Build a Culture for Market Dominance Gerard [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Giving Voice to Values: How to Speak Your Mind When You Know What’s Right Mary C. Gentile Yale University Press; First Edition (August 24, 2010) How to express your values more eloquently and act upon them more effectively As I began to read this brilliant book, I was reminded of James O’Toole’s contribution to a [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 11, 2011

The Idea Hunter: How to Find the Best Ideas and Make Them Happen Andy Boynton and Bill Fischer, with William Bole Jossey-Bass/John A Wiley Imprint The best ideas are out there…or inside you…just waiting for you to find them. The premise of the book is this: There are valuable lessons to be learned from those [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 16, 2011

Reinventing the Wheel: The Science of Creating Lifetime Customers Chris Zane Ben Bella Books (2011) How to establish and then sustain long-term (if not lifetime) customer relationships What we have in this book is a personal account by the founder and CEO of Zane’s Cycles. It began when Chris Zane was 12 and repairing bikes [.].

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MAY 11, 2011

Value Migration: How to Think Several Moves Ahead of the Competition Adrian J. Slywotzky Harvard Business Press (1995) Note: I recently re-read this book before beginning to formulate questions for an interview of Skywotsky.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Managing Global Innovation: Frameworks for Integrating Capabilities Around the World Yves Doz and Keeley Wilson Leading at the Edge: Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition (Second Edition) Dennis N.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 21, 2012

Here are some recent posts that may be of interest to you: REVIEWS How Women Lead: The 8 Essential Strategies Successful Women Know Sharon Hadary and Laura Henderson INTERVIEWS Maria K. Mitchell (Amdec) in “The Corner Office” Interview conducted by Adam Bryant New York Times Thomas M. Sterner, Part 2: An interview by [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 15, 2012

to learn how to speak better. The King had a speech deficiency. He spoke poorly. He stammered. He needed to speak well. His people needed him to speak well. And he took the steps (the many, many hours of steps!) And then, he spoke better. Maybe not perfectly – but noticeably better. Yes, I’m [.].

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Velocity Manifesto: Harnessing Technology, Vision, and Culture to Future-Proof Your Organization Scott Klososky Greenlead Book Group (2011) Digital plumbing + high-beam strategy + high-velocity culture = business success (however defined) Almost immediately, Scott Klososky establishes and then sustains a direct, personal, and at times almost confrontational (..)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 22, 2013

Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success ———————- You know how it happens. “Practicing: that is, purposefully and single-mindedly playing their instruments with the intent to get better.” Something rolls off your tongue, and then you realize — “oh… that really makes sense.”

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JUNE 29, 2013

Bob''s blog entries "Firewall" focus and concentration "How to Walk on the Leading Edge without Falling off the Cliff " "Trick yourself" into completing tasks Accelerate processing of data Adam Pash Automate repetitive tasks Bill Jensen Clear the mind of clutter (i.e.

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