| 41.
| - Working the Eddies: Pace Yourself to Preserve Your Sanity
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By
Gregory Shea, Robert E. Gunther
- Aug 27, 2008
- The following strategies can help you to pace yourself in a turbulent environment.
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| 42.
| - How to Land the Leadership Job of Your Dreams
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By
Martha I. Finney
- Jun 26, 2008
- We're competing with more, and more qualified, candidates for each available job. Learn a few tips for making yourself stand out in the crowd from The Truth About Getting the Best From People author Martha Finney.
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| 43.
| - My Favorite Mistakes
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By
Robert E. Gunther
- Jun 26, 2008
- We usually try to avoid making mistakesbut The Truth About Making Smart Decisions author Robert Gunther explains that not living an error-free life will actually improve your decision-making skills.
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| 44.
| - Some Reflections Upon "Life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% how you react"
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By
William Kane
- Jun 24, 2008
- We know that change is a given, a constant, a certaintybut we still resist it. Bill Kane, author of The Truth About Thriving in Change, considers why we can't overcome this barrier, and what we can do to work toward acceptance of our constantly changing lives.
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| 45.
| - “Made in China”—The Ultimate Warning Label
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By
Peter Navarro
- May 12, 2008
- Find out why “Made in China” has become a code red “warning label” that no sensible consumer should ignore.
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| 46.
| - Introduction to Managing Customers for Profit: Strategies to Increase Profits and Build Loyalty
- May 6, 2008
- Peek at some compelling case studies of companies that illustrate the best -- and worst -- of customer management.
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| 47.
| - Starbucks and the Perversity of Growth
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By
Oren Harari
- Mar 21, 2008
- Growth should be a consequence, not a cause, of sustained competitive success.
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| 48.
| - The Challenge of Leading Strategic Change
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By
J. Stewart Black, Hal B. Gregersen
- Mar 21, 2008
- Lasting success lies in changing individuals first; then the organization follows.
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| 49.
| - The Truth About Getting the Best from People: You Don't Need the Carrot or the Stick
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By
Martha I. Finney
- Mar 14, 2008
- With most people, there’s a little gem of engagement potential glowing deep inside. Find that gem, and lead with that. You could find yourself leading a transformed department, and even loving your own job more.
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| 50.
| - Public Speaking Is Not Easy, but It's Certainly Doable
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By
James O'Rourke
- Mar 7, 2008
- Great speakers may seem to perform with an ease that makes it all look effortless, but the most honest of them will tell you that it didn’t come easily. It requires dedication, discipline, and a commitment to improve. You can do the same. The moment to begin is now.
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| 51.
| - The Trouble with Work
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By
Edward G. Muzio, Deborah J. Fisher, Erv Thomas
- Feb 22, 2008
- It's time to learn to like your work.
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| 52.
| - Leadership Principles: The Basis of Successful Leadership
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By
Russell E. Palmer
- Feb 15, 2008
- There are basic principles of leadership that you must master in order to be effective in your own organization, and you will succeed in the larger task of leadership only if you adapt the basic principles of leadership to the varied contexts in which you will find yourself. Russell E. Palmer explains in this introduction to his book how to achieve winning execution strategies for your situation.
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| 53.
| - Be Accessible, Not Open Door
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By
Lonnie Pacelli
- Jan 25, 2008
- The “be accessible policy” works; it just takes some discipline on your part.
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| 54.
| - Your Company’s Most Important Stakeholders—No Ifs, Ands, or Buts
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By
Oren Harari
- Jan 4, 2008
- Customers are always the most important stakeholders. After all, without customers, what's the point of being in business?
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| 55.
| - Knowing Your Flexstyle: The Good and Bad Ways We Manage Relationships Between Work and Personal Life
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By
Ellen Ernst Kossek, Brenda A. Lautsch
- Dec 21, 2007
- Whether you know it or not, you already have a strategy for handling your life. But is it a conscious strategy? Do you feel in control of your life? Begin to take control to be the CEO of your life by learning to manage your flexstyle.
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| 56.
| - Cherish Your Whistle-Blowers—A Bittersweet Challenge of Leadership
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By
Drea Zigarmi
- Dec 21, 2007
- Dr. Drea Zigarmi highlights the business need for appreciating whistle-blowers and offers steps that organizations can take to create a fair and just workplace.
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| 57.
| - Networking with Style: Tools and Tricks
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By
Edward G. Muzio
- Nov 16, 2007
- Regardless of your personal style, networking can be valuable. Ed Muzio shows you how to network keeping your own personal style in mind.
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| 58.
| - Competing in a Flat World: The Orchestration Imperative
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By
Victor K. Fung, William K. Fung, Yoram (Jerry) Wind
- Nov 9, 2007
- Learn how to succeed in this flat world--not just how to build better supply chains, but how to build competencies in network orchestration and change the shape of your thinking, strategies, and organizations to embrace this flatter world.
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| 59.
| - Capitalism at the Crossroads: Aligning Business, Earth, and Humanity
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By
Stuart L. Hart
- Nov 2, 2007
- Are corporations are the only entities in the world today with the technology, resources, capacity, and global reach necessary to lead us toward a sustainable world in the years ahead?
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| 60.
| - The Power of Network-Centricity
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By
Satish Nambisan, Mohanbir Sawhney
- Nov 2, 2007
- This chapter offers an introduction to a practical and detailed roadmap for planning and implementing an externally-focused innovation strategy.
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