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Bring Strategy Back from the Dead
By Walter Kiechel
"The vultures are circling. 'Strategy, as we knew it, is dead,' proclaims Walt Shill, head of Accenture's North American consulting practice. A January 25 Wall Street Journal article quotes him explaining, 'Corporate clients decided that increased flexibility and accelerated decision-making are much more important than simply predicting the future.' A recent white paper from the Boston Consulting Group hung similar crepe. In its research on global powerhouses the firm found some saying they don't 'do strategy' any more.So... Is it time to consign all your three-ring binders of strategic plans to a funeral pyre, maybe heaping the corporate planner onto the blaze for good measure? Well, yes—and no."
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Get a Life, Not a Job: Self-Directed Career Acts and the Future of Careers
By Paula Caligiuri Ph.D.
"With the downturn in the economy, the elimination of jobs, and the increased desire for work-life balance, people are looking for more stability, greater fulfillment, and increased satisfaction from work. Unfortunately, most people are still operating with an old set of career rules that no longer apply to today's employment reality. Now is the time to take control of your career destiny so you can enjoy greater work-life balance, security fulfillment and satisfaction. The secret lies in understanding the new employment reality and rewriting the rules of what a career can be."
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Economic Integrity: How Wealth Is Built on Trust and What That Means for Our Future
By Anna Bernasek
"For too long, the economics profession has minimized the critical role of cooperation in economic activity. Emphasis on the individual has risen above all else and overshadowed the profound ways we depend on each other. You may have heard a successful businessperson boast, 'I did it all myself.' I want to interrupt at that point. Every successful business requires the cooperative effort of many people—the banker who believes in the business plan, the customer who trusts the product, the employee who devotes precious time to the business and its owners."
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What the Creative World Needs Now Is Organization
By Scott Belsky
"Great execution starts with supreme organization. Ultimately, organization comes down to how you manage your energy. Contrary to popular belief, organization is not about "neatness," it is about efficiency and allowing yourself to take action as swiftly as possible."
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Ten Years of Fish!
By 800-CEO-READ
Believe it or not, it's been ten years since the launch of the fable that changed millions of lives, Stephen Lundin, Harry Paul, and John Christensen's Fish! : A Proven Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results. Hyperion has just released an new edition of the book, with an updated foreward and additional testimonials.
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Don't know much about history
By Sally Haldorson
I catch most of my news in quick bursts via NPR while driving around town. Twice last week, I found myself listening an interview with Corby Kummer, who recently wrote an article for The Atlantic about Wal-Mart's new focus on selling local foods in its food markets. As usual, Wal-Mart sees a market rich with possibility and it is about to jump in--and probably change said market entirely.
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Publishers as Brands
By 800-CEO-READ
In a conversation with Marshall Goldsmith, while he was in town for our LeaveSmarter event, the question posed itself, "Do business readers follow publishers? Do they buy books based on who published them? " Being inside the industry, it would seem logical to assume, "yes, they do," but perhaps only because we do.
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International Best Sellers for March
By 800-CEO-READ
I knew you all were waiting for this post! You are sitting at home or at office ready for the long weekend ahead and thinking to yourself. .
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PechaKucha in Milwaukee
By 800-CEO-READ
800-CEO-READ presents. . .
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Marshall Goldsmith's MOJO
By 800-CEO-READ
Marshall Goldsmith brought his MOJO to Milwaukee today for our LeaveSmarter series, and I think he really woke the audience up in a way most business speakers just don't. Our sponsors for these events always send us a list of attendees with seating arrangements ahead of time. The first thing Marshall did was rearrange that preordained seating, having everybody get up and sit next to somebody they didn't know.
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