Why Ann Curry was Replaced on the Today Show: NBC News chief Steve Capus candidly told THR that he thought Curry had not been right for the job in many respects. He said he agreed with interviewer Marisa Guthrie that Curry had faltered in the cooking segments, movie star interviews and fluffy features that make… Read More Was Ann Curry Simply A “Bad Hire?” – Hiring Well, A True Modern Business Challenge
I had three different people recommend a book to me last week. The book, Firms of Endearment: How World-Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose by Rajendra S. Sisodia, David B. Wolfe, and Jagdish N. Sheth is about a lot of things, especially the power of passion and purpose in business. But it is also… Read More Customer Disloyalty and Business as We Shift Toward Subjectivity
This morning, a large crowd gathered for the August First Friday Book Synopsis. Karl Krayer delivered the synopsis of Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements by Tom Rath and Jim Harter, and I delivered the synopsis of the immensely practical Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase the Value of Your Growing Firm… Read More Hsieh’s Delivering Happiness & Florida’s The Great Reset – Coming for the September First Friday Book Synopsis
There are business books that deal with practically every business issue you can imagine. But there is one theme that never disappears, that is perpetually resurrected, because it deals with such a basic human problem. It goes by a lot of names: motivation; self-improvement; self-help. The idea is simple – how can I get better… Read More Do You Suffer from a Motivation Deficit?
This past Friday, I preseented a synopsis of the wonderful book the Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson, Ph.D. I have a few comments on the book, and a reflection on the morning at the First Friday Book Synopsis. First, the book. It is a really good read! This book is a “feel… Read More My favorite line from Ken Robinson’s The Element — and a couple of other reflections
There is a clear finding in the books I have presented so far in 2009. If you put Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell with Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin, you learn that getting really, really good at anything requires a lot, a whole lot, of hard work, with a discipline of pursuing “deliberate practice” over the… Read More Passion — The Crucial Ingredient that Precedes “Getting Really Good” at Something
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