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Marshall Goldsmith on managing up
By Porchlight
Each week an author is interviewed over at the Harvard Business School Publishing site for their IdeaCast series. This week, Marshall Goldsmith talks about how management is changing, what it takes to manage knowledge workers and explains how to manage up in your organization. Marshall is an executive coach who has authored a number of books including the bestselling What Got You Here Won't Get You There.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects - The Memo to the CEO Series
By Porchlight
The Memo to the CEO Series, Various Authors, Harvard Business School Press, $18. 00, Hardcover, 2008 We recently attended Book Expo America, the national bookseller's convention, and almost every one of our meetings involved some talk of the future. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was one of the headliners, promoting his company's electronic reading device, the Kindle.
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Hero Worship
By Porchlight
WHOO HOOO! ! Check it out!
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Whatcha Reading? - Summer 2008
By Porchlight
Yes, it is summer. It is time to admit it. Milwaukee's Summerfest is only two weeks away!
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A Word From Northriding, South Africa
By Porchlight
Friend of the company Richard Mulholland has one of the cooler companies (and company websites) that we know of. Located in South Africa, Missing Link is on a mission: Missing Link is a specialist presentation firm, and we're angry. Seriously angry!
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects - Buying In
By Porchlight
Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are by Rob Walker, Random House, 291 pages, $25. 00, Hardcover, June 2008, ISBN 9781400063918 Standing in the condiments aisle of the grocery store, shoppers are confronted by bottle after bottle of similar items. There is any number of considerations we mull over regarding what we ultimately place in our carts.
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Our Boast: HR World named our blog one of the top 100 blogs for managers
By Porchlight
We're pleased to say that HR World named our blog one of The Top 100 Management and Leadership Blogs That All Managers Should Bookmark. woot! Hopefully, we also fall into the list of the top 100 Management and Leadership Blogs That All Managers Should Read.
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Globalization and the power of networks
By Porchlight
David Grewal recently wrote Network Power on the how globalization and our ever-increasing exposure to new networks affects our decisions and how we communicate. David guest-blogged about the idea over at the Freakonomics blog the other day. The message: Think about a measurement system.
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TIME Magazine's 10 Questions
By Porchlight
I ran across a David Sedaris interview today over at TIME magazine and found an entire section of their website devoted to interviewing various thought leaders, authors, politicians and the like. The questions are generated by readers and then TIME sends 10 of those questions on to the spotlight person. Featured authors of books we've talked about include: Randy Pausch, author of The Last Lecture I'm sure you've heard of Randy's moving lecture on following childhood dreams, teamwork and his time at Disney.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects - The Necessary Revolution
By Porchlight
The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World by Peter Senge, Bryan Smith, Nina Kruschwitz, Joe Lauer & Sara Schley, Doubleday, $29. 95, 406 pages, Hardcover, June 2008, ISBN 9780385519014 In our annual magazine published earlier this year, we lamented the lack of business books that tackle issues of the environment. Well, this year that has changed, as there have been numerous books on the topic published, such as Stirring It Up by Gary Hirshberg, and Go Green, Live Rich by Richard Bach.
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