How Will You Measure Your Life – Clayton Christensen
Makes you think about what is important
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Conscious Capitalism – by Mackey/Sisodia
Excellent read by CEO of Whole Foods on concept that business must think beyond financial profit to serving communities, and that this can’t be done without the foundational tenets of capitalism
Lend Me Your Ears – William Safire
Collection of greatest speeches going back to the Greek philosophers
Your customers’ new priorities
As sales Leaders our goal is to co-create solutions with our customers, to allow them to be more competitive. Not only does it require deep knowledge of our products and the sectors we serve, but it requires a deep understanding of our customers. It demands of us an understanding of their strategy and mission, their
The other side of the hill
From the Preface to the book ‘The Other Side of the Hill’ by B.H. Liddell Hart: “The story is told in Croker’s ‘Correspondence and Diaries’ how, on a journey with Wellington, he and the Duke passed the time by guessing what kind of country they would find on the other side of each hill on
Putting that stake in the ground
When you have a big objective, a mission to accomplish, there are all kinds of ways to motivate the organization. But nothing beats putting the goal out there in a way that it just can’t be taken back. It’s about commitment. When John F. Kennedy said that man would be on the moon by the
Which wolf will we feed?
Eric Dawson, the founder of Peacefirst, is launching the Peacefirst Prize – its been defined as the Nobel Peace Prize for children. Eric talks about creating a world where everyone is a peacemaker. A world where the violence, bullying and negative messaging is replaced by people with empathy skills and desire to resolve conflict peacefully.
Shake it up a bit
One of the worst things we can do for ourselves is to allow ourselves to get stuck in a rut. Breaking routine, doing new things, taking time out of our day to try something new is an important way to jog the mind, to get unstuck. It unleashes creativity. And creativity is something we all
Great Leadership Quotes from Entrepreneurs
“The key to our success is focusing on one insurmountable task each day and surmounting the hell out of it. It’s tenacity–that’s what powers the entrepreneurial spirit.” –Jackie Summers, co-founder, Jack from Brooklyn “What praise ultimately does is hold up a mirror. It acknowledges what people already think about themselves: that they’re good at what
Kaizen Solutions – Problems with Financial Modelling
CFOs Beware: Problems with Financial Modeling Through my work I have dealt with thousands of Excel, and for those that remember Lotus, financial models and I have to say that most of them are bad. I would like to summarize five of my least favorite things about the “bad” models I have had the unfortunate