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Jack Covert Selects - The Art of Thinking Clearly
By 800-CEO-READ
The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli, Harper, 384 pages, $25. 99, Hardcover, May 2013, ISBN 9780062219688 Have you ever toiled over a project so much that even when it showed no signs of succeeding, you couldn’t let go? If so, you were a victim of effort justification.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects - Breaking Out
By 800-CEO-READ
Breaking Out: How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas by John Butman, Harvard Business Review Press, 272 pages, $27. 00, Hardcover, May 2013, ISBN 9781422172803 The first thing John Butman, an idea developer, does in his new book Breaking Out is introduce us to the concept of the “idea entrepreneur. ” These innovators are not so different from the Edisons of the world; they just happen to tinker with ideas instead of inventions, and have a deep conviction that those ideas deserve and must gain attention.
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Jack Covert Selects - The End of Big
By 800-CEO-READ
The End of Big: How The Internet Makes David the New Goliath by Nicco Mele, St. Martin’s Press, 310 pages, $25. 99, Hardcover, April 2013, ISBN 9781250021854 Nicco Mele opens his debut book with the following instruction: “Look around you.
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Blog / News & Opinion
Crafting the Customer Experience for People Not Like You
By 800-CEO-READ
It’s easy to share something you love with someone else, particularly when you know that person likes the same things you do. It’s exciting to be the one to introduce them to something you know they’ll flip over. But what if you gushed enthusiastically about something to someone and their response was, “Why would anyone want that?
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Blog / News & Opinion
LeaveSmarter: Marshall Goldsmith
By Porchlight
Last week, Marshall Goldsmith was in town for our private LeaveSmarter event, sponsored by BMO Harris and Whyte Hirschboek Dudek. Marshall delivered a moving hour-long talk on effecting positive change through proven methods. As Dr.
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Blog / Interviews
Thinker in Residence: Jackie Huba on Business & Books
By Sally Haldorson
In our final Thinker in Residence installment on Jackie Huba, author of Monster Loyalty, we asked Huba to share with us the business question that most inspires her and what books have most influenced her. Read on and enjoy Huba's take on business and books.
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Blog / Interviews
Thinker in Residence: Q&A with Jackie Huba
By 800-CEO-READ
If companies are just trying to “become more talked about” for its own sake, it’s not going to take off. They need to make sure there’s substance to what they’re communicating and that it really is a conversation. ~Jackie Huba
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Thinker in Residence: Jackie Huba, author of Monster Loyalty
By Sally Haldorson
Jackie Huba is the co-author of two books on customer loyalty. Citizen Marketers: When People are the Message documents the emerging world of social media and how brands should begin to embrace a participatory culture.
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Blog / Staff Picks
Untapped Talent: Unleashing the Power of the Hidden Workforce
Book Review by Sally Haldorson
Kudos to the author and publisher for coming up with such an intriguing title. It's impossible not to wonder just who this "hidden workforce" is, and surprisingly, organizational development expert Dani Monroe reveals that an untapped source of talent is right under our noses: our current underutilized employees. Over the course of my career, I saw hundreds of extremely intelligent, well-credentialed men and women with master's degrees in business, degrees in engineering, math, technology, and liberal arts.
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Nice Companies Finish First
Book Review by Porchlight
Bad management—chances are we have either worked under bad management or we know someone who has. The harmful effects of a bad manager often extend as far as the private lives of staff, but the more obvious effects can be seen inside the workplace. Sadly, bad bosses are not all that uncommon.
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