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Just Jack! at The Business Beat
By Porchlight
Our company founder, Jack Covert, talked with Penguin's The Business Beat about the book The Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind. Jack had questioned whether or not to include the book in his 100 Best Business Books of All Time, co-authored with Todd Sattersten. However, after spending more time with the book, he realized how well the book was written, portraying the importance of vision and looking at the big picture.
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Collaboration
By Porchlight
A recent post by author Bob Sutton suggests that Jack and Todd may have a title to include in an updated edition of their 100 Best Book: Morten Hansen's Collaboration. Whether or not Jack and Todd agree, Sutton points out some great facets to the book - cost and benefits of collaboration, cultivating T-shaped management, and unifying people. Hansen's book avoids ideology and theory and provides concrete evidence and data that support his ideas.
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Our Blog - Accredited Online
By Porchlight
Jack copied me on his response to a message he received recently, writing "For an email out of the blue, this is a good one. " The message came from Adrienne Carlson, who runs the Accredited Online PHD University blog. She had written Jack to let him know that she included us in her recent post, 100 Awesome Blogs for Every Kind of Book Lover.
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National Boss's Day: October 16
By Porchlight
Whether you love or hate your boss, October 16 is the day you can make your relationship with them a little better. And we at 8cr think you'll be hard pressed to find a better way to do that than to give them a copy of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. If things are cool between you and your boss, they'll appreciate the knowledge you'll share with them via the book.
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Strategic Thinking Month
By Porchlight
Headed by Josh Leibner, Gershon Mader, and Alan Weiss, authors of The Power of Strategic Commitment, September marks a time to re-evaluate strategy. In their book, the authors detail a variety of ways to align people around a mission, idea, or business. Commitment is the reason systems like SixSigma, the HP Way, etc.
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Entrepreneurship Conference - Milwaukee
By Porchlight
For those of you in southeastern Wisconsin, the Institute of Management Accountants is hosting a two-day conference on October 22 - 23, 2009. Covering a wide range of topics from a variety of speakers, the conference provides a great overview of important things to consider and understand when starting a business. From accounting issues, to passion vs.
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Recipe For a Successful Business Book
By Porchlight
David Galanis at the Peeble Creek Partners Blog shares the secret to creating a successful business book: Start with multiple authors – including an academic from a prestigious business school and a seasoned business consultant plus a business journalist from a major newspaper or magazine (someone has to actually write the book). Using free graduate student talent from the B-school, develop a database of the performance of thousands of companies over the past decade – more if you want to sound really authoritative. Be sure to select a few unique performance metrics to differentiate your results from all the other formulaic books.
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Crowdsourced Entrepreneurial Reads
By Porchlight
A few weeks ago, Fred Wilson from avc. com kicked up interest in books that entreprenuers should read. Fred, in particular, made the point that "there is way more insight to be gained from stories than from business books.
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A View Inside Publishing
By Porchlight
The Barnes & Noble Review published an essay this morning by Daniel Menaker, the former editor-in-chief of Random House. The piece disassembles publishing into its sub-optimized pieces: Editors competing with editors. The chasm between creative and commercial, both in acquisition and execution.
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Awesomely Simple Interview with John Spence (800-CEO-READ Podcast)
By Porchlight
I recently talked with John Spence, the author of Awesomely Simple: Essential Business Strategies For Turning Ideas Into Action. John believes if you concentrate on a small set of simple things and get those right that you'll have more time for the complicated tasks. His six simple principles for success are: Vivid Vision Best People Robust Communication Sense of Urgency Disciplined Execution Extreme Customer Focus We talk about how John reads more business books than I do, how mantras can make great mission statements, and what the next thing you do is after you read the book.
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