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In The Oz Principle, Connors, Smith, and Hickman brilliantly use the analogy of "The Wizard of Oz" to discuss a business philosophy aimed in propelling individuals and...
We have heard about it before - the infamous win-win situation. Negotiators are told that their most important task is to find a situation where both...
Mark Hurd, HP’s recently named CEO and president, spent 25 years at NCR (the last two as chief executive and president), where he was instrumental in formulating and executing strategies to maximize operational...
Each day in the business world, a corporate version of “survival of the fittest” unfolds in the form of power plays, turf battles, deceptions, and sabotages. As a result, individuals’ careers are thwarted and companies...
In Lion Taming, Steven Katz, former advisor to four U.S. senators and senior advisor to leaders and executives spanning the realms of business, non-profits, politics, and government, uses the analogy...
According to Glaser, organizations lose their spirit, become mediocre, and die when they fall prey to what she calls the self-serving I-centric behaviors of control, blame, resignation, attachment to the past,...
What makes companies Southwest Airlines, Disney, and Ben & Jerry's different from millions of other corporations out there? These companies, along...
Author Keith Ferrazzi believes that people and relationships are central to success in business and in life, and his own personal story provides a compelling testament to the power of networking. However, the...
Having pondered why some people with very high IQ scores fail miserably in their personal lives, Harvard professor Howard Gardner, concluded that the concept of “intelligence,” as a singular measure of competence,...
It is usually a common belief that having too much organization undermines the development of the corporation and individuals. This notion may be true...
