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‘Managers as Mentors’ Celebrates Publication Anniversary

Marshall Goldsmith

” Leadership guru Jim Kouzes called the book, “The essential handbook for all those who are trusted advisors to aspiring leaders.” The Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50 Video Blog is now operational. ” Published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc., Life is good. Marshall. . www.MarshallGoldsmith.com.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2014

Leading Blog

Kotter For most companies, the hierarchy is the singular operating system at the heart of the firm. Baldoni also provides an appendix that works as a handbook to guide you in this. Related Interest: Best Leadership Books of 2013. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Augustus lived out an extraordinary and often terrifying drama.”

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The Failure of “The Livonia Philosophy” at my GM Plant

Deming Institute

One of my colleagues gave me a copy of a “Livonia Philosophy” handbook that was gathering dust, and I’ve kept to this day. Mark also co-authored Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Continuous Improvements, which was released in June 2012 and also a Shingo Research Award recipient in 2013.

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Improve Decision-Making With Help From the Crowd

Harvard Business Review

In January 2013 they created “ IBM iFundIT ,” a program in which volunteers decide where to spend seed money using an intranet site for proposing ideas, commenting, volunteering, and funding. Given the success of the program in 2013, IBM’s CIO decided to invest $7 million to expand iFundIT in 2014. Decision making Operations'