Holiday Gifts for the Office Crowd
‘tis the season to think about all the people who helped you get where you are today. Whether you are a senior leader or an up-and-coming manager, it’s important for you to thank those who make an impact in your work life. And by “thank,” I mean give them something [...]
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New York Times – Hardcover Business Best Sellers – November 2008
An historical election behind us and a bleak short-term future ahead, we find ourselves at a very interesting time. When will the market hit bottom? How high will unemployment ultimately reach? Will Chrysler and GM survive to see 2010? Can Barack Obama and a Democratic [...]
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The 25 Most Annoying Business Phrases Managers Use
From the overused to the clichéd, we are inundated on a daily basis with annoying and ridiculous business phrases from the lips of well-meaning managers.
Why so many of us, present company included, rely on the latest catch phrases or tired business jargon to relay a particular message [...]
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The Rolling Briefcase – A Leader’s Most Important Tool?
Not since Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) and his coworkers marveled at the color, font and texture of one another’s business cards in 2000’s American Psycho has a business tool garnered as much admiration and created as much jealousy as the rolling briefcases being dragged through America today.
Whether [...]
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The Best of Warren Buffett
With the recession looming, the stock market in the tank, and worldwide economic uncertainty, it’s nice to know America has a man like billionaire Warren Buffett to turn to for investment advice. Buffett is to the stock market what Tiger Woods is to golf. He’s the best and second place really [...]
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New York Times – Hardcover Business Best Sellers – October 2008
With the economic meltdown seemingly getting worse by the day, we’re not sure how many of our readers can scrape together enough cash to purchase a Business Best Seller. For those of you with an extra $10 to $30 in your wallet, you may want [...]
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New York Times – Hardcover Business Best Sellers – September 2008
Here are the Top 5 on the NY Times Hardcover Business Best Sellers list for September 2008. To see the complete list (and to see a great choice at Number 8 this month) follow this link.
At eight on the September list (seventh last month) is a [...]
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Which Presidential or Vice Presidential Hopeful Would Make the Best Leader?
Over the past several days, the editors of AskTheManager.com released their leadership ratings and rankings of all forty-two US Presidents from Washington to Bush. We examined how these men would perform as the CEO of a Fortune 500 company by using what we believe are [...]
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