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W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne tell us how numbers-based goals are ineffective, even counterproductive, motivation—and what to replace them with.
February 09, 2015
In Star Brands, Carolina Rogoll introduces us to the star brand model, "a perfect intersection of solid marketing and management theory."
June 03, 2015
Alexa Clay & Kyra Maya Phillips look for innovation in the worlds of black, grey, and informal economies.
June 29, 2015
Paul Downs takes readers through a year in the life of running his small business, exposing all the ups and downs of being a boss.
August 06, 2015
Neel Doshi and Lindsay Mcgregor explain how "How Whole Foods Can Weather The Current Storm" by doing more of the same.
October 06, 2015
You may know Clayton Christensen for his classic works on innovation, The Innovator's Dilemma and The Innovator's Solution. In fact, The Innovator's Dilemma was included as one of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. Todd wrote something that struck me as I revisited the review he wrote for the book today.
July 19, 2011
We currently post links on Friday to provide you with a bevy of informative and interesting weekend reading. I am hoping to start a new trend here on Mondays—excerpts and guest posts—to provide some consistent insights to begin the week with. We'll see how it goes.
October 25, 2010
We chose Stephen Denning's book, The Secret Language of Leadership, as the best book on leadership in our first annual business book awards in 2007. We first met him in 2008, when we were fortunate enough to have him come speak at our author pow-wow. We were so impressed by the talk he gave that, when we were planning this year's gathering, there was no question as to whether or not we'd invite him back.
November 01, 2010
Vikram Akula, founder and chairperson of the SKS Microfinance, was kind enough to provide a post for us this week. In it, he tells the story of how he ended up meeting with some of the richest men Earth to explain to them how the poor make money. His new book, A Fistful of Rice, Is being released tomorrow by Harvard Business Review Press.
November 08, 2010
Leading In Tough Times By Bob Seelert, Author of Start with the Answer: And Other Wisdom for Aspiring Leaders The financial crisis that began in 2008 continues to unfold in unprecedented ways, thereby presenting business leaders with incredible challenges. How does one manage in such a crisis-laden environment? Here are "Ten Things To Do" based on my 40+ years in business.
June 23, 2009
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