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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2019

Leading Blog

Now, after almost five years of pioneering research, O'Mara has produced the definitive history of Silicon Valley for our time, the story of mavericks and visionaries, but also of powerful institutions creating the framework for innovation, from the Pentagon to Stanford University. In Follow the Feeling, strategy advisor Kai D.

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What Corporate Culture is Best for Change?

Michael Lee Stallard

They failed to change and became irrelevant, left behind by emerging competitors more in tune with the market. Connection culture can be defined as an organizational culture marked by shared identity, empathy, and understanding – a definition that tells us the elements required to create a great workplace culture.

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A Game Plan for Funding Carbon Offsets

Harvard Business Review

Most businesses will be reluctant to tie up capital in this way, but such projects can be (and have been) financed by perpetual bonds, which represent attractive investments for investors such as university endowments that have very long liability streams extending far into the future.

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My Best Blogs of 2011

In the CEO Afterlife

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. In this blog, I am not arguing against a clear definition of where a company is going and what sets it apart. You’re Not a Real Marketer until You Create a Brand [link]. But as the year closes, I realize that I’ve posted 54 blogs.

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Workplace Gossip | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The best definition I’ve found for gossip is: “Gossip is talking about a situation with somebody who is neither a part of the solution or a part of the problem.” When you take part in gossip you do none of these things. In fact, gossip seriously undermines each one of the aforementioned success metrics by propagating inaccurate information.

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Why Networking Is Dead – Part Two.

Rich Gee Group

It’s my definition, my differentiation, and here’s why I don’t like networking: It’s all me, me, me. Each subsequent question, follow-up question, and connection will build a stronger friendship bond between you. Connecting: What can I do for you? Astrid Baumgardner 12.19.10 Unported License.

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Companies That Do Right by Their Workers Start by Elevating Their Definition of Success

Harvard Business Review

A sound economy, a booming stock market, and huge business tax cuts, the story goes, have convinced CEOs of companies flush with cash to distribute some of it to front-line employees. American Airlines said it would pay $1,000 to all 127,600 of its people, and Wells Fargo raised its base wage from $13.50 to $15 per hour.