Business in Action, 9th Ed.
Chapter 7: Management Roles, Functions, and Skills
"In The Episodic Career: How to Thrive at Work in the Age of Disruption, Farai Chideya [photo, left], an award-winning author, journalist and professor, reports on today’s challenging job landscape and offers tools for navigating the inevitable changes.
"Though he’s nearly seen it all, Tyler Gaffney [photo, left] still gets surprised when early-stage B2B startups tell him how they’ve determined their pricing.
"Have you ever wanted to reinvent yourself and start all over?
"To reach that state of loyalty where people trust you at your every word requires the daily act of exposing your values, beliefs, convictions, and morals to others in close quarters.
"Are you a giver or a taker?
"Get ready because this episode is going to take a HUGE weight off your shoulders.
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According to John Baldoni (photo, left), "A leader’s legacy is a sum of pluses and minuses.
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"The ability to think through problems to the second, third, and nth order—or what we will call second-order thinking for short—is a powerful tool that great thinkers use to their advantage all the time.
"What I’ve learned about productivity in the ten years I’ve been hosting The Get-it-Done Guy’s Quick and Dirty Tips podcast.
"Do you ever find yourself in a conversation you don’t want to be having?
"Let’s talk about what we know about how rate of speech impacts credibility and persuasiveness.
"Imagine that you’re sitting at a poker table.
"The pitfalls of leadership spring from within," warns Dan Rockwell (photo, left) in a post at his blog.
"A listener wonders how to manage her frustration after being laid off twice.
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"Making mistakes is a great way to learn tough lessons, but can be costly in terms of time and resources.
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"Do you hate your voice?
"Why are weaknesses and fatal flaws so hard for us to spot in ourselves?
According to Helen Rothberg (photo, left), "Over the past 25 years, I've coached a mix of executives in for profit and not-for-profit companies like Kellogg's, Monsanto, SoCalGas, Newark City Government, The United Way, IBM, and AT&T.
"Being a good listener is one of the most important skills you can master if you want to advance your career and build meaningful relationships.