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What arrived today.
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Earlier today, a delivery man brought us this: Upon a closer examination, we found it was from an author: Inside was something edible. To my knowledge, it's our first ever front-cover-cake. So Jack had to try it out.
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Moneyball
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In Michael Lewis' brilliant book Moneyball, he tells the story of Billy Beane the GM from the Oakland Athletics. Beane is asked to present to Major League Baseball the reason his organization has been so successful with no little money spent on big name, quality baseball players. His first PowerPoint slide said.
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Stories from Start-ups
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Annie Marie Knott, visiting professor at Washington University, provided the recommended reading in yesterday's Wall Street Journal. The special section was on small business and Knott believes in reading entrepreneurial biographies. She says, "certain biographies can not only help readers get a sense of which business theories work, but also help them develop their own theories about how to find success.
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April Showers bring May Authors
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[I know, I know. . .
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links for 2007-05-01
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(. PDF) >> BusinessWeek Bestseller List - April 2006 Opens as a PDF. (tags: businessbooks lists) Five Minds for the Future and Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain >> BusinessWeek | Brave New Brain "Instead of quaking in our cubicles, however, we should be figuring out how to remodel our brains into the organs most likely to be valued in the brave new world.
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Excerpt from The Flip Side
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This excerpt is taken from Chapter 4 of The Flip Side: Break Free of the Behaviors that Hold You Back by Flip Flippen, an educator, psychotherapist, and business coach. The Flip Side is about how to recognize and deal with the personal constraints we face every day. Feedback is Critical Unfortunately we are often the worst judges of our own situations.
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Vince Thompson Recommends Management Books
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First time author Vince Thompson last month released Ignited: Managers Light Up Your Company and Career for More Power More Purpose and More Success. This afternoon, I posted a podcast I did with Vince.
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Ignited Interview with Vince Thompson
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This interview is with Vince Thompson and we talk about his new book Ignited: Managers Light Up Your Company and Career for More Power More Purpose and More Success. We talk about the state of middle management, the disconnect in business literature for middle managers, and the quandry of "banging pots". [podcast]http://www.
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Start with Stories
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One of the sources for our de. icio. us links is the New York Times Book Review.
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links for 2007-04-28
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Damage Control >> Financial Times | Crisis management for a vindictive age [W]hen you have done wrong, repentance is required; when you have been wronged, mount a vigorous defence.
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