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Blog / News & Opinion
Marshall Goldsmith at G5
By 800-CEO-READ
Our friends at G5 Leadership are gearing up for their October 12th online event, this time featuring Marshall Goldsmith and his fantastic book, Mojo. Here are some of the things you’ll learn from this workshop: • Learn the 5 factors of optimum personal performance. • Know the 3 core elements that effect self-confidence.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / Excerpts
The Flaw and the Preface to Lost Decades
By 800-CEO-READ
This will be the second year that 800-CEO-READ sponsors a film at the Milwaukee Film Festival. Last year it was the David Hillman Curtis directed concert film of David Byrnes's 2008/2009 tour, Ride, Rise, Roar. As a company full of musicians and music lovers, sponsoring the film seemed to fit our personality and culture.
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / News & Opinion
Joe Nocera Interview
By 800-CEO-READ
The following post and Q&A was written and submitted by Tom Ehrenfeld. Joe Nocera is one of the best business journalists working today. He combines a deep knowledge of business with a healthy dose of skepticism, not to mention a good journalist’s passion for poking the powerful in the eye when they need it.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / Staff Picks
The Future of Value
Book Review by 800-CEO-READ
According to Eric Lowitt, author of the new book, The Future of Value, sustainability and outperforming your competition at the same time, is a choice, not an impossibility. The first part of the book describes how sustainability creates value. And in this case, sustainability refers to "a continuous, unwavering commitment that companies make to balance their financial returns with environmental impact and social equity investments.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / News & Opinion
Break Your Own Rules
By Sally Haldorson
Author of Employees First, Customers Second, Vineet Nayar, recently wrote a couple of blog posts included on the HBR Blog Network that started a bit of a dust-up in comments. First, at the beginning of the month, he asked the question: "Are Women Dissatisfied Enough? " and went on to assert two "pre-conditions" were needed--in addition to an enabling corporate environment--to improve the successes of women in business.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
The FT/Goldman Sachs Book of the Year Shortlist
By 800-CEO-READ
The shortlist for the seventh Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Book of the Year has been released. It includes: Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, Public Affairs Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar by Barry Eichengreen, Oxford University Press Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier by Edward L.
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry
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Blog / Staff Picks
A Giving Business is a Good Business
Book Review by Sally Haldorson
Teachers in the Milwaukee Public School system were surprised on their first day back in the classroom this fall with a gift from a local company, Penzey's Spices. The gift included a jar of their newest salt-free seasoning, Forward! (which not-incidentally is Wisconsin's state motto), and a jar of their all-purpose cinnamon.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / News & Opinion
Public Parts
By 800-CEO-READ
Here's a perfect example: we're online, I'm writing a blog post, and you have the option to comment back, to which I also can comment back. We can share information and thoughts more freely than ever. Ideas spread, and connections are made.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / Staff Picks
Retirement Heist
Book Review by 800-CEO-READ
Pabst Blue Ribbon has become a trendy beverage across the country. It has developed a blue collar, sub-culture friendly image. But while Pabst has been a huge part of Milwaukee's history, its connections to the city today are limited to its branding, and there are still plenty of working class folks here who won't touch it.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects - The Quest
By 800-CEO-READ
The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World by Daniel Yergin, The Penguin Press, 816 Pages, $37. 95, Hardcover, September 2011, ISBN 9781594202834 For almost thirty years, I have made a living telling people about business books that are important. There are nearly 11,000 business books published each year, so this job requires me to make quick judgments based on those years of experience.
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