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The Art of Engagement
By 800-CEO-READ
Another highlight from the recent B2B Summit in Miami was meeting Jim Haudan, who's company Root Learning helps align companies on strategy by bridging the gaps between doers, managers, and leaders. Jim was the keynote at the event, and highlighted some great examples from his book about how to create engagement between people for successful results. His book is called The Art of Engagement: Bridging the Gap Between People and Possibilities.
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LeaveSmarter with Christopher J Frank and Paul Magnone
By 800-CEO-READ
We were very excited to have Christopher Frank and Paul Magnone in town last week for our ongoing LeaveSmarter series. And, apparently, we weren't the only ones, as it was our most well attended event yet. The coauthors of Drinking from the Fire Hose: Making Smarter Decisions Without Drowning in Information, they know that we're all overwhelmed with a deluge of data and information overload—and they know that when it's not filtered properly, it makes us less productive instead of more efficient.
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10 Truths About Leadership
By 800-CEO-READ
This past week, I attended an excellent conference put on by the Geehan Group. I met many fascinating people and was inspired by the discussions that came out of panels and presentations. One of the people I met was Pete Luongo, whom I sat next to at dinner one night.
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Jack Covert Selects - The Power of Habit
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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life and Business by Charles Duhigg, Random House, 400 Pages, $28. 00, Hardcover, March 2012, ISBN 9781400069286 We all have habits. Some are good, like brushing our teeth, and others are generally classified as bad, such as smoking, drinking to excess, or overeating.
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Jack Covert Selects - American Icon
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American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company by Bryce G. Hoffman, Crown Business, 432 Pages, $26. 00, Hardcover, March 2012, ISBN 9780307886057 One of my favorite books of 2011 was Once Upon a Car by Bill Vlasic.
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Jack Covert Selects - The Idea Factory
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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner, The Penguin Press, 432 pages, $29. 95, Hardcover, March 2012, ISBN 9781594203282 One of the most important institutions of the 20th century was Bell Labs, created by AT&T and Western Electric in 1925 to design and research equipment for Bell Telephone. The Idea Factory is the story of that unique organization and its creation of some of the most important inventions of the past century—such as lasers, transistors, and telephone switching systems—patented by engineers who went on the win seven Nobel Prizes.
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Being Wrong Can Be So Right
By Sally Haldorson
One of my favorite books from last year was Being Wrong by Kathryn Schulz. We gave away 20 copies of the book to share the wealth, and about it I wrote: Can a doggedly-researched book that relays the historical lineage of error, attempts to uncover the truth beneath truth, and even discusses something as impenetrable as "The Optimistic Meta-Induction from the History of Everything," be charming, accessible and eminently readable? Apparently so because Being Wrong by Kathryn Schulz is just that.
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Repeatability
By Sally Haldorson
We've spent a lot of time with Chris Zook. Not the man himself, but his work. When we were prepping the material for The 100 Best Business Books of All Time, Jack and Todd were still unsure of what the exact construction of the book would look like, but we were sure of one thing: Chris Zook had to be included in the book.
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168 Hours and All the Money in the World
By 800-CEO-READ
Robert Benchley’s Law of Distinction states that “There are two kinds of people in the world: those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world, and those who don’t. ” If that statement made any logical sense, I would count myself among the latter. Yet I do think it's a rare mind that is both expansive and practical at the same time, and that is what makes Laura Vanderkam so special.
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The Elephant in the Room
By 800-CEO-READ
For some, relationships are easy to talk about. For others, that discussion is avoided, either out of fear, ego, or the perception that it's just not a topic to verbalize. So, even talking about them can be complicated, and being active within them, even more so.
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