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New Book Review: "Buy-In"

New book review for Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down, by John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead, Harvard Business Review Press, 2010: Copy provided by Amazon. In their preface to this book, authors Kotter and Whitehead succinctly present the challenge of implementing good ideas. The amount

Global Leadership Summit 2010 Day 1: Jim Collins

From the conference notes: A nationally acclaimed business thinker, Jim Collins serves as a teacher to leaders throughout the corporate and social sectors. Author of the best-selling books Good to Great and Built to Last, he is a student of companies – how they grow, how they attain superior performance, and

Global Leadership Summit 2010 Day 2: Daniel H. Pink

From the conference notes: Best-selling author, business thinker, and former White House speechwriter, Daniel Pink has been credited with defining a new era in the workplace. His provocative business books describe the changing world of work. In A Whole New Mind, Pink examined the rise of "right brain"

Global Leadership Summit 2010 Day 2: Jack Welch

From the conference notes: Said to be the most studied CEO of the 20th Century, Jack Welch began his 41-year career with General Electric Company in 1960, and in 1981 became the company's eighth chairman and CEO. Fortune named him "manager of the century", and the

Global Leadership Summit 2010 Day 2

Today was the second and last day of the annual Global Leadership Summit held in South Barrington, Illinois at Willow Creek Community Church. As I mentioned in my post for the first day, more than 120,000 individuals in 70 countries and 400 cities are taking part in this year&

Global Leadership Summit 2010 Day 1: Dr. Peter Zhao Xiao

From the conference notes: A prominent Chinese economist, Dr. Peter Zhao Xiao was commissioned by his government to study the success of the American economy. He concluded that a moral foundation allowed the economy to flourish, argued that China's economy would benefit from the spread of the Christian

Global Leadership Summit 2010 Day 1

Today I had the opportunity to attend the first day of the annual Global Leadership Summit held in South Barrington, Illinois at Willow Creek Community Church. More than 120,000 individuals in 70 countries and 400 cities are taking part in this year's Global Leadership Summit. My goal

New Book Review: "Employees First, Customers Second"

New book review for Employees First, Customers Second: Turning Conventional Management Upside Down, by Vineet Nayar, Harvard Business Press, 2010: Copy provided by Amazon. Putting employees first is an idea with which most are probably already familiar, the idea that putting employees first will bring benefits to customers. Putting customers

New Book Review: "Why Can't You Just Give Me the Number?"

New book review for Why Can't You Just Give Me the Number?: An Executive's Guide to Using Probabilistic Thinking to Manage Risk and to Make Better Decisions, by Patrick Leach, Probabilistic Publishing, 2010: If all executives and managers had backgrounds in statistics, this book would not

New Book Review: "Under Control"

New book review for Under Control: Governance Across the Enterprise (CA Press), by Jacob Lamm, Sumner Blount, Steve Boston, Marc Camm, Robert Cirabisi, Nancy E. Cooper, Galina Datskovsky, Christopher Fox, Kenneth V. Handal, William E. McCracken, John Meyer, Helge Scheil, Alan Srulowitz, and Robert Zanella, Apress, 2010: Copy provided by