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Become a Storyteller: Be a Better Leader
By Sally Haldorson
A good story isn't the sole property of the marketing or communications department. Anyone can master some basic storytelling techniques that will help earn trust, excite enthusiasm, convey authenticity. This is particularly important for leaders.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / Staff Picks
The Best Business Writing 2012
Book Review by 800-CEO-READ
There is nothing that excites me quite as much as the English language when beautifully crafted, burdened with a purpose, and bearing the truth. I find it in my favorite poetry and great works of fiction that expose our human core, in artfully crafted works of nonfiction that explore the human story in all its facets and fascination, and yes, even in the best that business books have to offer. But, I find it most often when I sit down with The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, or The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel every day over lunch, or when I follow the thread of a story contained in the a link in an email from ProPublica, when I relax with The New Yorker, Fast Company, and Foreign Affairs at home, or when I listen to a well-crafted story on This American Life or a great interview with Charlie Rose.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / News & Opinion
Bright Lights, No City
By 800-CEO-READ
Think for a moment about the concept of "crazy business idea. " Likely, it conjures thoughts of some wild product that makes little sense, which is then attempted to be sold to people with a lot of sense. But consider rechargeable batteries, a very sensible product, and a seemingly sound business venture.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
A Q&A with the late Stephen Covey
By Sally Haldorson
With the sad and startling news that Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, had passed away earlier this week, we were reflecting on the contributions he had made to the business book industry as well as those he gave generously to us at 800-CEO-READ. And in that reflection, we recalled a Q&A he did for us last year to promote his then new book, The 3rd Alternative, which was released in paperback this April. We hadn't yet used the Q&A as we hoped to soon incorporate it into an Exploration within our new KnowledgeBlocks program.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
Thinker in Residence: Irial OFarrell
By 800-CEO-READ
There's a new Thinker in Residence over at KnowledgeBlocks - Irial OFarrell. Awhile back, Ms. OFarrell sent us a copy of her book Values: Not Just For the Office Wall Plaque and it struck multiple people here.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
Stephen R. Covey, 1932 - 2012
By 800-CEO-READ
Stephen Covey's seminal book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, changed the business book landscape. It was a book that introduced us to the concept of paradigm shifts in our lives, and it shifted the paradigm of the entire industry. It has been translated into almost 40 languages and sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects - Resilience
By 800-CEO-READ
Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back by Andrew Zolli & Ann Marie Healy, Free Press, 336 pages, $26. 00, Hardcover, July 2012, ISBN 9781451683806 To some, the world seems much worse than it used to be. The economy, crime, and even weather are all indicators that the good old days were exactly that.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects - Attention All Passengers
By 800-CEO-READ
Attention All Passengers: The Airlines Dangerous Descent—And How to Reclaim Our Skies by William J. McGee, Harper, 368 pages, $26. 99, Hardcover, July 2012, ISBN 9780062088376 William McGee is an award-winning travel journalist who worked for seven years in the airline industry, is a FAA licensed aircraft dispatcher, served in the US Air Force Auxiliary, and was chosen in 2010 by the US secretary of transportation as the lone consumer advocate on the Future of Aviation Advisory Committee.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects - The Pumpkin Plan
By 800-CEO-READ
The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field by Mike Michalowicz, Portfolio, 228 pages, $26. 95, Hardcover, July 2012, ISBN 9781591844884 Has the dream of owning your own business turned into a nightmare? That is where Mike Michalowicz was five years into his first business.
Categories: jack-covert-selects
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Blog / News & Opinion
ChangeThis: Issue 96
By 800-CEO-READ
The Secret to Self-Discipline By Rory Vaden “Today’s work environment has been dubbed everything from the Age of Distraction and the Age of Inattention . . .
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