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Blog / News & Opinion
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. .
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / ChangeThis
The Upside of Assholes: Is there Virtue in Bad Workplace Behavior?
By Bob Sutton
Bob Sutton employs his signature frankness to discuss whether the bad behavior of workplace bullies and jerks should be tolerated in the name of success. While referencing such famous assholes as Steve Jobs of Apple or Hall of Fame baseball player Ty Cobb, Sutton debates the value of getting results with a strategic temper tantrum.
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
How Toyota Can Save Your Life...At the Hospital
By Mark Graban
It's well-known that the safety standards of Toyota vehicles are singularly high due to the company's commitment to innovation and precision. But the Toyota philosophy can save your life at the hospital as well. There are over 100,000 deaths in hospitals each year as a result of systematic failure. Graban asserts that a lean manufacturing approach, like Toyota's, is the answer to saving healthcare...and possibly your life.
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
The Silent Revolution: Peter Drucker's Voice Still Resonates
By Elizabeth Haas Edersheim
A revolution in business has arrived, one built of human assets such as knowledge, information and collaborative exchanges, absent the noisy clamor of factories or the hum of machinery. And who better to shape the role of management during this revolution than the ageless voice of Peter Drucker, whose forward-thinking ideas on meaningful strategy still resonate and can act as a spur for innovation.
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
100 Ways to Kill a Concept: Why Most Ideas Get Shot Down
By Porchlight
So, you've got an idea. A big idea. But will your idea take flight? Not if you let your concept be killed by all the usual excuses you hear from your managers, your bosses, your spouses—excuses motivated by fear or possessiveness. In this wide-ranging manifesto, Iva offers you ways to persuade someone to embrace your idea, to not be swayed by negative responses, and to utilize your creativity.
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Frontline Leadership: A Cycle of Engagement Manifesto
By Porchlight
The contact point between your customers and your company is at the front door, at the front counter, on the frontline. And most of your frontline associates are very competent people who can do the work, but George Reavis warns that most companies fail to make the distinction between perfunctory performance and enthusiastic engagement. Here he offers tools for providing the right kind of motivating feedback to jumpstart a cycle of engagement between management, frontline employees and customers.
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Lonely Planet: How Relationships Suffer and Why It Matters
By Porchlight
As humans, we crave communication and understanding; we crave authentic relationships. And we think that cell phones and email and the Internet will help us find the key to that fairy-tale myth of happily-ever-after that sustains our culture. Instead, we lose authentic connection. Elizabeth Johnson shows you just how essential authentic relationships are to your quality of life and the steps you should take to reconnect.
Categories: changethis
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Blog / News & Opinion
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.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
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.
Categories: news-opinion, the-company
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Blog / Staff Picks
New book excerpt up!
Book Review by Porchlight
This morning, Todd gave a nice summary of what's new on our blogs. I'd like to point out that there's also a new entry up on our Excerpts blog. It's an excerpt from The No Asshole Rule by Robert Sutton.
Categories: staff-picks