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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

Gautam Ghosh on Organizations 2.0 : Innovation and HR's Quest to be Strategic -  There is a seemingly endless drumbeat of calls for the human resources function to be more strategic. Nick McCormick, Joe and Wanda on Management : Ask Yourself, "What Can I Do?"

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Are You Driving Too Much Change, Too Fast?

Harvard Business Review

GE's Jack Welch was inordinately fond of emphasizing that his biggest leadership regret was that he didn't move fast enough to make fundamental changes. The goal is assuring that the firm's ability to innovate is effectively aligned with the customers' willingness to value them.

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Therefore the following tips were designed to help you get the most out of your reading while maintaining efficiency in your reading efforts: Books : My first piece of advice is that if you don’t own a Kindle or other e-reader, go get one. It includes books by Peter Drucker, Charles Handy, Charles Koch, Jack Welch, and Bob Sutton.

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Diet and Exercise Tips from Process Fitness Fanatics

Harvard Business Review

In 1999, CEO Chad Holliday talked with Larry Bossidy and Jack Welch at GE, and decided to launch a Six Sigma program. Brad Power (bradfordpower@gmail.com) is a consultant and researcher in process innovation. DuPont — Tailoring fitness tools and methods to business needs. How did they stay process fit?

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Why Write A Book

CO2

Technology and its role in travel 2.0 Pink Demos Dr. John Sullivan FORA.tv

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Performance Management and the Pony Express

Harvard Business Review

Earlier this month, in a spirited defense of the forced curve, Jack Welch advocated rating people on lists of competencies so that you can, in his words, “let them know where they stand.” Two hundred stations, and the innovation of lightweight, leather cantinas to carry the mail westward. The Pony Express was the answer.