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Good to Great: Fabulous or Fabulistic?
By Porchlight
In The Halo Effect, author Phil Rosenzweig challenges the neat conclusions and timeless principles that business experts create to explain high performance. And he focuses his sharpest critique on Jim Collins, who is arguably the most influential management thinker today (gee—not so dumb a target to pick if he wants exposure….
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More on The Halo Effect
By Porchlight
I’m delighted to see Phil Rosenzweig’s The Halo Effect getting the attention it deserves. His core argument merits attention on this site, where we take the power of business ideas very seriously.
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Erika Andersen and Danny Meyer Live
By Porchlight
Forbes. com has video of our friend Erika Andersen (Growing Great Employees) and her ten year client Danny Meyer (Setting The Table).
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Ram Charan 2.0--or 1.1?
By Porchlight
I'm delighted to see Ram Charan receive his due as a top-tier managerial thinker, and any article that has the wisdom to quote Jack is blessed, in my opinion. But, um, concerning yesterday's post about the recent Ram Charan profile. .
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The Wal-Mart Effect Part 2 with Charles Fishman
By Porchlight
I decided to bring back Charles Fishman, author of The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works--and How It's Transforming the American Economy. In the paperback version of the book, Charles has added an afterword. In it, he writes about his visit to Wal-Mart headquarters.
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Jack in Newsweek
By Porchlight
Jack was quoted in Newsweek a few weeks ago, in the February 19 issue. The article was about Ram Charan, a long-time consultant to top CEOs and the author of several books--most recently of Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform From People Who Don't. The article, The CEO Whisperer, demystifies this nomadic, private man who sleeps in hotels 365 days a year, rarely lectures, and has acted as a quiet consultant to dozens of top executives--most notably Jack Welch, when he ran General Electric.
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The No Asshole Rule by Bob Sutton
By Porchlight
The No Asshole Rule by Robert I. Sutton This excerpt is taken from The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One that Isn't. The author, Bob Sutton, is a professor at Stanford University.
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Marching Along...
By Porchlight
I like periodically pointing you to other spots in the 800ceoread family of sites where you might find some things of interest. If you were subscribed to our New Releases Blog, you would have seen that Private Label Strategy, You Inc. , Miracles Medicines, and Punk Marketing were all released yesterday.
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The Leader "Incubator"
By Porchlight
In college I studied entrepreneurship. Some hiring heads would occasionally rumor that companies would look down upon an entrepreneurship major; they'd see it as a threat or immediately put you into the "will-leave-quickly" category. That logic always struck me as funny and short-sighted.
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Thirty Thousand Pounds....
By Porchlight
of business books. [To the tune of Harry Chapin's song. ] When I returned from vacation today I found a desk overflowing with mail, most of it books.
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