First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 15, 2011

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. Contrary to popular belief, teams are not always the best way to get work done. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 20, 2012

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * Teams in large organizations can easily get tangled in bureaucracy. It takes a long time to execute on projects when waiting for approvals and [.].

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Management (noun): the act or skill of controlling and making decisions about a business, department, sports team, etc. the people who make decisions about a business, department, sports team, etc.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 20, 2012

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * Teams in large organizations can easily get tangled in bureaucracy. It takes a long time to execute on projects when waiting for approvals and [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 17, 2011

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription, to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * Cross-functional teams can be notorious for generating reports, recommendations, and suggestions for implementation — but no actual results.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 9, 2012

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. A perfectionist on your team is both a blessing and a curse. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. He may have high standards, but will likely fixate on every detail of a project. [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 16, 2011

To read the complete article, check out other resources, and register for free email alerts, please click here. * * * Senior managers can apply practical insights [.]. Capozzi, Renée Dye, and Amy Howe and featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly (April 20110), the business journal of McKinsey & Company.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 7, 2013

HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Teams Various Contributors with Editors of Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review Press (2013) Most teams self-destruct. Don’t let that happen to yours.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 15, 2011

To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * Think of a team of military commandos [.]. James Wilson and Elaine Eisenman for the Harvard Business Review blog.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 12, 2011

Cook to the “Talent Management Perspectives&# series featured by Talent Management magazine (March 2011). Here is another contribution by Elizabeth Bernhard and Joseph A.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Harvard Business Review on Building Better Teams Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How and why some teams “shoot out the lights”…and most don’t Those who aspire to help create and then lead create teams that deliver high-impact results will find the material in this HBR book invaluable.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Management Tips from Harvard Business Review Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) 150 “tips”…almost unlimited “icebergs” Here are 150 “Management Tips of the Day” that have been featured by the Harvard Business Review blog ([link] On average, each has a total word count of about 50 and is best viewed as a reminder rather [.].

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JUNE 21, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Derek Finkelman and Jonathan Corke for Talent Management magazine.

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MARCH 5, 2011

HBR’s 10 Must Reads: On Managing People Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) Why and how to manage yourself so that you can then manage others effectively This volume is one of several in a new series of anthologies of articles that initially appeared in the Harvard Business Review, in this instance from 1980 [.].

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MARCH 18, 2013

Jay Gerber Professor of Dispute Resolution & Organizations in the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She directs the highly successful Kellogg executive course, Leading High Impact Teams, and the Kellogg Team and Group Research Center. She also co-directs the Negotiation Strategies for Managers course.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

What Keeps Leaders Up at Night: Recognizing and Resolving Your Most Troubling Management Issues Nicole A. Lipkin Panoramic Perspective on Success Success Schemas The SLAM Model What Keeps Leaders Up at Night: Recognizing and Resolving Your Most Troubling Management Issues'

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JULY 30, 2014

The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change James M. Kerr Jørgen Vig Knudstorp and his leadership team Jeanne W. Spitzer Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution Harvard School of Public Health James M.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

Books to help you think about: time management, personal productivity, leadership, communication, strategy, organizational effectiveness, working well as a team – collaboration, execution, constant improvement, innovation… The list of challenges is kind of overwhelming, isn’t it? Two a month?

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

That person undercuts productivity, efficiency, effectiveness, and cannot be a team player. RANDY’S WORKSHOP ON MANAGING CHANGE WILL SHOW […]. Karl''s blog entries Creative Communication Network Karl Krayer Managing Change Randy Mayeux Richardson Civic Center' That is a problem!

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 30, 2011

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. Successfully managing a team is a complex undertaking. Team members need to [.]. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. Establish urgency.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 24, 2014

That person undercuts productivity, efficiency, effectiveness, and cannot be a team player. RANDY’S WORKSHOP ON MANAGING CHANGE WILL SHOW […]. Karl''s blog entries Creative Communication Network Karl Krayer Managing Change Randy Mayeux Richardson Civic Center' That is a problem!

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Andy Grove read Peter Drucker’s The Practice of Management, which described the ideal chief executive as an outside person, an inside person, and a person of action. Grove realized that instead of being embodied in one person, such traits could exist in a leadership team. (At Randy''s blog entries'

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 27, 2013

Bob''s blog entries "4 Essentials Every Team Needs" "Apple’s Trojan Horse" "Gettysburg and Memorial Day" "Six Numbers Reveal the Booming Business of Auto-Analytics" Adam Bryant Albert M. Muñiz Jr Ashok Subramanian (Liazon) in “The Corner Office” “What Starts with F and ends with K?”

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 31, 2011

Here is a brief article featured by Executive Women’s Networking Blog, sponsored by EpsteinBeckerGreen, in which Frances M. Green discusses someespecially interesting revelations provided in a recent MIT study. I also located a link the study. Please click here.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 8, 2013

Currently, he teaches courses on talent management and leadership in the school’s MBA and Executive Education programs. He has won numerous awards for his research, which focuses on the challenge of managing human capital at small and […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 13, 2016

I speak to executive teams, and slightly larger groups of folks — usually presenting an extended book synopsis. In some, the “leaders” (the CEO; city managers for municipal governments) show up. Call this “Leadership by Showing Up!” ” Here’s a really obvious reminder. I do this in all kinds of organizations.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Bob''s blog entries "Avoiding the quicksand: Ten techniques for more agile corporate resource allocation "Brain Food Nuggets (21-30)" "How Firms Fall Short on Career Management" "New Research Suggests That Sleep Detoxes the Brain" "Scientific Speed Reading: How to Read 300% Faster in 20 Minutes" "The 6 Types of Thinkers to Seek for Your Team" "The (..)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 26, 2011

Here is an article written by Wayne Turmel for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * * * The German general Carl von Clausewitz famously said, “no plan survives the first [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 6, 2012

Distinguished Professor of Risk Management at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. His courses address leadership, negotiation, team [.]. Keith Murnighan earned his Ph.D. from Purdue University and is currently the Harold H.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 24, 2013

Bob''s blog entries 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race: “the Everest” of offshore racing Dennis Perkins: Part 2 of an Interview by Bob Morris Ernest Shackleton Midnight Rambler Harvard University Into the Storm: Lessons in Teamwork from the Treacherous Sydney to Hobart Ocean Race Racing through the Storm: Building Exceptional Teams in Extraordinary Times The (..)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 20, 2013

Watkins Planning for Five [Transition-Specific] Conversations The First 90 Days (Updated and Expanded): Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels Thomas Edison Understanding the Three Pillars of Self-Management'

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 8, 2015

Caroline Arnold has been a technology leader on Wall Street for more than a decade, managing some of the financial world’s largest software development teams and leading some of the industry’s most visible and complex initiatives. A dynamic and engaging speaker, she has appeared before groups as large as 5,000 people.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 9, 2011

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. In response to less than stellar results, many managers overhaul the team, unit, or organization. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 30, 2013

Bob''s blog entries "Miracle on the Hudson” 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race: “the Everest” of offshore racing Chesley ("Sully") Sullenberger Dennis Perkins: An Interview by Bob Morris Epitoma Ernest Shackleton Harvard University Into the Storm: Lessons in Teamwork from the Treacherous Sydney to Hobart Ocean Race Leading at the Edge: Leadership Lessons from (..)

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JULY 21, 2013

Bell: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris David Kantor Drucker on Leadership Edge.org Groundswell Guy Kawasaki HBR Jeff Weiner John Brockman John Mattone: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris Lina Echeverría LinkedIn Management Tip of the Day Melissa Korn Michael Dirda On Conan Doyle or Reading the Room Rutger von Post Sallie Krawcheck Shirley Streshinsky (..)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 17, 2012

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * Anyone who has faced rivals at work — bosses who take all the credit, team members who undermine things — knows how difficult it [.].

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