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Management Lessons From Mayo Clinic: Inside One of the World's Most Admired Service Organizations by Leonard L Berry and Kent D. Seltman, McGraw-Hill, 276 pages, $27. 95, Hardcover, June 2008, ISBN 9780071590730
Over a century ago, a family of doctors in a small Minnesotan town formed an organization that has gone on to touch countless lives.
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Good Is Not Enough: And Other Unwritten Rules for Minority Professionals by Keith R. Wyche with Sonia Alleyne, Portfolio, 242 pages, $24. 95, Hardcover, July 2008, ISBN 9781591842101
It's no secret that the leaders of America's largest corporations do not reflect the makeup of our country's population.
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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely, Harper, 280 pages, $25. 95, Hardcover, February 2008, ISBN 9780061353239
We've all been there--the skin-to-strip adhesive is beginning to give, and it's clearly time to give the Band-Aid the ol' yank. That truism from mom--"fast and easy"--rings true, but does it really?
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Carol Hymowitz in her In The Lead column for The Wall Street Journal recommends summer reading. Among the business titles you will find:
John Kotter change fable Our Iceberg Is Melting (John has a new book coming in September, more on that soon).
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Jack and I have been pretty quiet on the blog over the last year. The process of writing a book took more time than I ever imagined. I have a completely new appreciation for the authors who have come before me.
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