Over the years we have devoted countless hours to exploring answers to the question, “What are the most important success factors that enable one organization to succeed while others stumble or fail?” For at least the past 20 years, specifically since Tom Peters’ In Search of Excellence in the early ’80s, thousands of other authors […]
Why don’t more people do what they know they ought to do? This is not meant as a moral question, as asked by the Apostle Paul, but a business question that challenges every manager and leader. It’s one thing to give people knowledge, and quite another to get them to turn that into action. That
“The Managing-Leading Edge” was originally a series of newsletters produced by Lawrimore Inc. President Buck Lawrimore around the early 2000’s. Most of this information is indeed “leading edge” and just as relevant today as it was then. So enjoy your reading and get a quick shot of some of the best business books written in recent
What do the world’s greatest managers do differently? That question was recently asked by the Gallup Organization through in-depth interviews of over 80,000 managers in over 400 companies. This is the largest study of its kind ever undertaken, and the result is one of the top-selling books in the nation right now: First, Break All
Capacity development is often essential to enhance an organization’s capabilities to implement a strategic plan or other major business initiatives. Successful implementation depends on its capacity to do more without a big increase in people or expenses. This is a factor often overlooked by business and nonprofit leadership as they plan for the future. Recently, thanks
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If you have less ability to concentrate these days, like me and many others, you might be interested in checking out a new way of focusing your time and thinking called the Pomodoro Technique. I read about it online and have already become hooked, complete with an iphone app that features a pomodoro. The name
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