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Kevin Spacey’s “5 Tactics to Win Over the Other Side”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an article written by John Baldoni 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. * * * If you ever find yourself having to persuade others of the goodness of [.].

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Michael Porter and Adrian Slywotzky on how the right strategies and tactics can create demand

First Friday Book Synopsis

In her recently published book, Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy, Joan Magretta has much of value to say. In Chapter 4: Creating Value: The Core (Part Two), for example, she discusses Enterprise-Rent-a-Car, Zipcar, Southwest Airlines, Aravind Eye Hospital, Walmart, Progressive, and Edward Jones.

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“Doubt, Thus Verify” – Reflecting on Deadly Spin by Wendell Potter (On PR in the Health Care, and Other Industries)

First Friday Book Synopsis

All of the tactics used by the oil, beverage, and banking industries to influence lawmakers at every level of government were pulled straight from the cigarette makers’ playbook: Distract people from the real problem; generate fear; split communities with rhetoric, pitting one group against another; encourage people to doubt scientific conclusions; (..)

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Be•Know•Do: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Marine Corps Book of Strategy (Tactics for Managing Confrontation)' Shinseki Field Manual 22-100 [comma] Army Leadership Frances Hesselbein Jack Welch James Kouzes and Barry Posner John Gardner Patrick Lencioni John Kotter Jossey-Bass/Leader to Leader Institute; 1st edition (2004) Oliver Wendell Holmes Peter Drucker Richard E.

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Negotiation : A book review by Bob Morris

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Bob''s blog entries "Clarify Your Position and Theirs” "Negotiations Are Never Final” "Preparation Is the Key" "The Brian Tracy Success Library" "Vision without execution is hallucination" AMACOM “Every battle is won or lost before it is fought” “Everything Is Negotiable” “Know What You Want” “The Walk-Away Method” Brian Tracy Negotiation Persuasion (..)

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Eight Strategic Talent Levers

First Friday Book Synopsis

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. * * * Talent efforts tend to be tactical [.].

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For 2013, Focus on Your Processes – Get Better Organized

First Friday Book Synopsis

On the one hand, we need proven tools that can help people focus their energies strategically and tactically without letting anything fall through the cracks. On the other, we need to create work environments and skills that will keep the most invested people from burning out due to stress. I don’t want to waste time [.].

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