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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

William Taylor, Fast Company : Why We (Shouldn't) Hate HR - If you are in the HR and talent management profession, you have likely read Keith Hammon's infamous article in Fast Company magazine that espouses many of the reasons why workers hate HR.  Enjoy!  However, that is often easier said than done.

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Leadership and learning

Lead on Purpose

Markets change quickly. You read books, magazines and other resources that provide relevant information. Filed under: Leadership , Knowledge , Learning , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | persistence , Learning , loyalty « Creating value Social media summit » Like Be the first to like this post.

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Credit comes later

Lead on Purpose

Instead we should embrace it and make sure that through our hard work and strategic insight we create great products that help development, marketing and sales receive high praise and recognition for their work. The best way to start to learn about product management is to read books, magazines and blogs.

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris: Week of 10/29/12

First Friday Book Synopsis

Bogle Decision Management Systems: A Practical Guide to Using Business Rules and Predictive Analytics James Taylor HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done Various Contributors The Leader’s Pocket Guide: 101 Indispensable Tools, Tips, [.].

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Morning Advantage: 50% of People Don't Feel Valued at Work

Harvard Business Review

How Economics Can Help You Lose Weight (New York Times Magazine). Companies that market these products, he found, base their businesses on this magical third option that often doesn't work for the consumer. Planet Money's Adam Davidson wanted to get healthy. A TALE OF TWO TIRE PLANTS. The CEO of U.S.-based

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A Brief History of the Ways Companies Compete

Harvard Business Review

The attempt to turn business into a science of efficiency, also known as “ Taylorism ,” marked the high point of this movement. Many companies still compete this way and there continue to be successors to Taylorism, including business process reengineering and lean production.

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A New CEO's Reinvention Road Map

Harvard Business Review

I'm not one to manage by magazine but, if I were, "The Reinvention Roller Coaster: Risking the Present for a Powerful Future" would be required reading. For decades, the utility-metering industry was dominated by a handful of middle-market companies, many of which still run successful and profitable businesses. Especially right now.

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