First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 11, 2013

12 Disciplines of Leadership Excellence: How Leaders Achieve Sustainable High Performance Brian Tracy and Peter Chee McGraw-Hill (2013) No so much “disciplines” as they are dimensions of a mindset The last time I checked, Amazon US sells 45,249 books that focus on business leadership. Why another?

Real Estate 75

Real Estate Books Review Leadership 75

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Legendary bosses like Bill Sanders in real estate, Julian Robertson in hedge funds, and Bill Walsh in professional football all communicated visions that entranced employees and left them hell-bent on success. A 2013 Society for Human Resource Management survey of managers in the U.S. ’” Focus on feedback.

Hedge 8

Hedge Real Estate Film Motivation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

The existence of this parallel economy is a substantial drag on the Indian economy: According to recently released data , only about 1% of Indians paid taxes on their earnings in 2013. The remaining was invested in business, stocks, real estate, jewelry, or “benami” assets, which are bought in someone else’s name.

Banking 11

Banking GDP Policies Real Estate 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

One of Modi’s strongest motivations for this action was corruption — to expose undeclared “black” money, i.e. income illegally obtained or not declared for tax purposes, in Asia’s third-largest economy. Supply chain transactions, real estate deals, and even weddings and funerals have been frozen.

Banking 8

Banking Cost Policies Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2014

An emerging suite of literature and research—including our 2013 Workplace Survey — clearly points to the power of choice and autonomy to drive not only employee happiness, but also motivation and performance. Motivating People to Perform at Their Peak. Not every company can offer choice to employees on the same scale.

Real Estate 15

Real Estate Survey Motivation Technology 15