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JUNE 22, 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. Everyone reacts differently to failure: some immediately accuse others while some take the heat themselves, even if undeserved.

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JULY 8, 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. We live in an instant-response world where a simple push of a button can make something feel urgent. Next time you get that email with the little red [.].

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JANUARY 9, 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. A perfectionist on your team is both a blessing and a curse. He may have high standards, but will likely fixate on every detail of a project. [.].

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AUGUST 5, 2013

Bob''s blog entries 50 Classics series "Capstone Classics" series Adam Smith''s The Wealth of Nations and Successful - No Matter What Happiness at WorkBe Resilient London School of Economics Machiavelli''s The Prince Management in 10 Words: Practical Advice from the Man Who Created One of the World''s Largest Retailers Motivated Sainsbury’s Marks & (..)

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AUGUST 2, 2013

Uncategorized Abraham Lincoln Sun Tzu Two invaluable tips on making an effective presentation Woodrow Wilson'

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AUGUST 12, 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. Even the most decisive manager can face despair when dealing with a high-stakes matter.

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AUGUST 17, 2012

So, here is your communication tip of the day: [.]. A good speech (“presentation”) is always good for two reasons: you have something worthwhile to say, and then you say it very well. Read this blog post, 2 Ways to Guarantee a Failed Presentation, for a refresher on these basics). You keep working at it, to get better.

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JUNE 28, 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. Seniority no longer reigns in today’s organizations. In fact, it’s not uncommon to manage people 10 or 20 years older than you. Leading is hard enough when you [.].

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NOVEMBER 6, 2011

” This is your presentation tip of the day. One quote that has popped up throughout the weekend, after his death, is this one. He described his work this way: “I’m a writer who reads what he’s written.” This is what Andy Rooney did. His [.].

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MAY 16, 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. For some people, to-do lists are life savers; they keep them organized and on task. For others, they’re useless pieces of paper to ignore as they grow longer [.].

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Jim Gaffigan, from his interview on Fresh Air with Terry Gross ——————– Jim Gaffigan is performing for the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia this weekend, which likely… Read More “Appear Strong” from the Beginning – Your Presentation Skills Tip of the Day from Comedian Jim Gaffigan.

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OCTOBER 3, 2015

This… Read More Here is the October, 2015 New York Times Business Books Best Sellers List – Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers & The Tipping Point sit at the #1 & #10 spots. In other words, the new business books seem to be having a tough time breaking into this monthly list.

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APRIL 11, 2011

I have just read and will soon review Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success, co-authored by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler. If their names seem familiar, it is perhaps because they co-authored Crucial Confrontations, Crucial Conversations, and more recently, Influencer.

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JUNE 29, 2012

Here is an article written by Dave Logan for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the website’s newsletters, please click here. * * * (MoneyWatch) I’m a time management nut, and so I am surprised that [.].

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APRIL 13, 2011

I have just read and will soon review Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success, co-authored by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler. If their names seem familiar, it is perhaps because they co-authored Crucial Confrontations, Crucial Conversations, and more recently, Influencer.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Here is an article written by Deborah Busser for Talent Management magazine. 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. * * * Feedback can be a double-edged sword. If delivered in the right way, it can [.].

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. Mark Antony, in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare ——————– One of my prized posessions is the book by William Safire, Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History. I read speeches – plenty of speeches.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2013

Constrain: to limit or restrict (something or someone) Inhibited unable to act in a relaxed and natural way because of self-consciousness or mental restraint ——————— Though there are circumstances when a speaker needs to use very few gestures (imagine a spokesperson after a tragedy), in most instances, gestures (..)

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MARCH 16, 2012

Yes, there are differences between coaching and mentoring. Supervisors should mentor — on an on-going basis – those for whom they are directly responsible, those entrusted to their care. Anyone at any level and in any area of operations who knows what to do and how to do it should share this information with anyone [.].

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JUNE 16, 2011

Here is an article written by Bettina Chang for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here. * * * What impact will America’s aging workforce have on tomorrow’s talent pool? What are [.].

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MARCH 24, 2011

Here is an article written by George Bradt for the “Talent Management Perspectives&# series featured online by Talent Management magazine (March 2011).

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JULY 20, 2012

“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” ” Winston Churchill “You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: victory.” Winston Churchill “And that’s the way it is.” Walter Cronkite —————- Many famous people are buried beneath Westminster Abbey.

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MARCH 31, 2011

Here is an article written by Sean Silverthorne for BNET (March 25, 2011), 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. * * * I’ve always wanted to write one of those cheesy books [.].

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APRIL 14, 2011

Here is an article written by Sarita Bhakuni for Talent Management magazine’s “Talent Management Perspectives&# series.

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JULY 29, 2012

There are some great messages – delivered, unfortunately, to the wrong audiences. Be sure to connect to your audience; this audience, the audience in front of your eyeballs. In one of the great pieces of advice from a rhetorical theorist (he used a much more academic term), a speaker should always be very intentional about [.].

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Hagel III and John Seely Brown for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out other articles and resources, and/or sign up for a free subscription to Harvard Business Review’s Daily Alerts, please click here. * * * We are all [.]

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JUNE 5, 2013

“When you speak, do not waste my time! Surprise me with unexpectedly terrific value…” This is what every audience member is secretly, or not so secretly, thinking at every presentation they attend. So, you have a presentation to give. You’ve got a topic. You have studied, prepared, organized.

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APRIL 6, 2013

When I teach speech, and presentation skills, I focus very strongly on this point: we need to master the use of parallel structure, with repetition, repetition, repetition… Since people’s minds drift as they listen to a speech/presentation, we have to learn the power of repetition. If we say something enough times, it might be heard, [.].

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MAY 6, 2013

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. Bob''s blog entries Harvard Business Review HBR Guide to Networking HBR newsletters How to Use Your Online Network to Test Ideas Management Tip of the Day'

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JULY 23, 2011

Here is an article written by Camille Reyes (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life.” To check out a wealth of other free resources, [.].

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JANUARY 14, 2013

I recently presented my synopsis of the wonderful book Lincoln’s Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural by Ronald C. This was for the Urban Engagement Book Club, sponsored by CitySquare – a group of folks focused on issues revolving around social justice. This is a really good book! Mr. White argues that this speech was [.].

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JUNE 4, 2013

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. Bob''s blog entries Harvard Business Review HBR newsletters How to Keep Innovation Jams Small and Focused Management Tip of the Day'

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FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. Sunstein Don''t Let a Group Dynamic Quash Critical Thinking Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review Press HBR newsletters Management Tip of the Day Reid Hastie Wiser: : Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter' Leaders […].

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

I haven’t yet seen Melancholia. I intend to. It is clearly a provocative film. Kirsten Dunst, who has been acting since she was 12 (actually, since she was about 3 or 4), has apparently given the performance of her life. She won the Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her role. Here’s a [.].

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Of all the blog posts I have written on communication and speaking issues, this is the one that is most important (in my opinion): 2 Ways to Guarantee a Failed Presentation. In it, I write simply that communication success requires two elements (from Aristotle): Invention: invention involves finding something to say. HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY!

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AUGUST 19, 2013

Bob''s blog entries (2005) and the Art of Battling Giants (October 2013) Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking David and Goliath: Underdogs Malcolm Gladwell on "Annals of Innovation: Social Media & Social Change" Misfits Outliers: The Story of Success (2008) The New Yorker The Tipping Point (2000) The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make (..)

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MAY 31, 2013

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. * * * If you want to encourage people to take healthy risks, you need to make sure they’re not afraid to fail. The first step in doing […].

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