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Management Tips

Death By Powerpoint

April 30, 2010
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I stole the title. No really! I think the title is so appropriate. I have always been critical of powerpoint, since, well, since forever. I used it in college and thought it dumbed down all my presentations. At the same time I was in college I was also in the corporate world suffering through endless [...]

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“Starbucks” – Putting People Before Profit

March 28, 2010

It’s Sunday, my favorite day of the week and as I sit in my local Starbucks I look around at a business that is incredibly healthy despite the fact that it has a reputation for being expensive. Even in a tough economic climate Starbucks has found a way to add value to their customers lives. As an [...]

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“Imagine Leadership” by xPlane

March 18, 2010

Nitin Nohria and Amanda Pepper of Harvard Business School‘s Leadership Initiative collaborated with XPLANE to create this video in order to generate a discussion of the value and importance of leadership to address some of society’s most pressing problems. I believe true leadership will address societies problems and work towards the common good.  You can start here… [...]

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Heroes of the Economy

November 20, 2009

I tweeted this article just a few minutes ago, “Heroes of The Economy“, because in my opinion we don’t have enough heroes in the business world today. Most businesses worry about the bottom line and the workers on the bottom of the corporate ladder get saddled with either more work or layoffs. “Just be lucky [...]

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The Science of Motivation

September 16, 2009

This is an incredibly interesting presentation. The carrot and stick method of motivating people does more harm than good.  Rewards narrow our focus and restrict our possibilities whereas working completely autonomously increases creativity. If your a manager of people in any field,  watch and learn! Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting [...]

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