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LeadershipNow 140: April 2012 Compilation

Leading Blog

lead:ology - Leaders vs Managers: A False Dichotomy. Robert Fry , Chairman at McKinney Rogers in London wrote in a letter to the Financial Times , that “to be average. Here are a selection of tweets from April 2012 that you might have missed: The Yin and Yang of Business by @TomAsacker. 8 Ways to Find Freedom ".

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The Big Picture of Business – Each Role Matters. The Value of Support Staff

Strategy Driven

She was the model for executive assistants and office managers everywhere. John Wayne and Roy Rogers had Gabby Hayes. There were friendly, familiar places such as Cheers bar, Arnold’s Drive-In on “Happy Days,” the Krusty Krab on “SpongeBob Square Pants,” Dale’s Diner on “The Roy Rogers Show” and other homey places.

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In Praise of What You Can Do

Next Level Blog

I was reminded of Diane (pretty easy to since I live with her), earlier this week when I read an article in the Dining section of the New York Times on Roger Ebert. Rock on, Roger. Post another comment The letters and numbers you entered did not match the image.   That’s a nice accomplishment in and of itself. Keep going.

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Reliability: Another Dimension of Quality

Deming Institute

Dr. Meeker showed a letter Gerald Hahn received from Dr. Deming on their paper: Your paper is great. 2011, Roger Hoerl: Need Any Country be Poor? Analytic study : Everything else and especially sampling from a process. You refer to a new book that you published. I should be pleased to have a copy. 2017, Fritz Scheuren: W.

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0511 | Larry Downes: Full Transcript

LDRLB

I should say we were talking off the air about- Thanks for ruining Everett Rogers’ curve for me. It’s a little more complicated than a five forces matrix or the Everett Rogers’ normal curve, diffusion and innovation curve. Case in point, like I joked about earlier, you ruined Everett Rogers’ model of diffusion innovation for me.

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Good Communication Requires Experimenting with Your Language

Harvard Business Review

Consider a delinquent taxpayer who receives one of the following two letters in the mail: Letter 1: We are writing to inform you that we have still not received your tax payment of $5,000. Letter 2: We are writing to inform you that we have still not received your tax payment of $5,000. We take two lessons from this tax letter.

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Do Financial Regulators Have Principles?

Harvard Business Review

A week later, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced the punishment of the New Orleans Saints and its coaches and managers for sanctioning a bounty arrangement that paid players to achieve the goal of injuring opposition players. It is not as though the Smith letter contained particularly new insights. It is pretty pathetic.

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