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Tune In: Muhammad Yunus on Charlie Rose tonight
By Porchlight
I thought I'd follow up on Dylan's praise of Charlie Rose. Tonight Charlie is bringing in Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner for his efforts in microlending and author of both Banker to the Poor and Creating a World Without Poverty. Joining them will be Michael Milken.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Authors in the Press
By Porchlight
Marci Alboher of The New York Times recently conducted a Q&A session with Guy Kawasaki via email. One exchange for you entrepreneurs: Q. What is your advice to entrepreneurs seeking funding or growth opportunities if the credit and capital markets continue on their current course?
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Learning from Neil Young
By Porchlight
Stew Friedman, over at the Harvard Business Publishing Blog, shares leadership lessons he gained from Neil Young's music. Stew's the author of Total Leadership.
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We met the guy who invented the VCR.
By Porchlight
Richard Elkus is his name. And well, he didn't invent the VCR himself but he led the team that invented the VCR. He flew into Madison to speak about his book, Winner Take All, for one of our LeaveSmarter events.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
On True North
By Porchlight
Peter Sims is the co-author of True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership. * He's also on the roster over at The Speakers' Group who had sat down and asked Peter a few questions about True North, his collaboration with Bill George and innovation. You can read the interview here.
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Do you eat Stonyfield Yogurt?
By Porchlight
GOOD magazine devoted 32 pages to business in their November/December issue. To start the section off is an interview with Gary Hishberg, dairy king, founder of Stonyfield Farm and author of Stirring it Up: How to Make Money and Save the World. Here's a link to the interview.
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It's a good day for a ... Good Office
By Porchlight
Kate is our token "What if? " employee, always coming up with ideas for ways to host events, run a meeting, or arrange our workspace. Many of her ideas are terrific--like hosting our annual Author Pow-Wow at the Catalyst Ranch in Chicago--and some are a little bit "out there"--like putting all of our desks on hydraulics so we can move up and down and across our office.
Categories: news-opinion, the-company
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New excerpt up - from The Integrity Dividend
By Porchlight
There's a new excerpt up on our Excerpts blog. It's taken from Chapter 1 of The Integrity Dividend: Leading by the Power of Your Word by Tony Simons. From the publisher: In The Integrity Dividend Tony Simons shows how leaders' personal integrity drives the profitability and overall success of their organization.
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Excerpt from The Integrity Dividend
By Porchlight
The following excerpt is taken from Chapter 1 of The Integrity Dividend: Leading by the Power of Your Word by Tony Simons. From the publisher: In The Integrity Dividend Tony Simons shows how leaders' personal integrity drives the profitability and overall success of their organization. This groundbreaking book is based in on solid research and reveals that businesses led by managers of higher integrity enjoy deeper employee commitment, lower turnover, superior customer service, and substantially higher profitability.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Booklist Top 10
By Porchlight
Brad Hooper of the American Library Association's Booklist Online has posted his list of 2008's top 10 business titles (that have been reviewed on Booklist over the past year). The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google by Nicholas Carr, W. W.
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