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November 27, 2010New Hazlett Theater names new executive director
November 15, 2010Joseph-Beth Booksellers files for bankruptcy
November 12, 2010Now we know a bit more…
Joseph-Beth Booksellers files for bankruptcy.
Is this more evidence of a shift away from the printed word or just another example of a company that grew too far, too fast?
Bosses Overestimate Their Management Skills – WSJ.com
November 8, 2010This is what it’s really about. Read this one…
Associated Press — ND president: School responsible in student death
November 7, 2010rjcanter@step1management.com has sent you this article from Associated Press.
ND president: School responsible in student death
By TOM COYNE
Associated Press
The president of the University of Notre Dame sent an e-mail to students, faculty, staff and alumni Friday saying that the school is responsible for a student videographer’s death because it failed to protect him. “Declan Sullivan was entrusted to our care, and we failed to keep him safe,” the…
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Sign of the Times
November 6, 2010I was driving past the local unemployment office yesterday and caught a glimpse of something that I nearly ignored. There in the parking lot was a man, maybe fortyish, in “dress down” clothing, getting into a late model BMW coupe. This wasn’t a 3-Series Beemer; this was a large sports cars that was clearly quite expensive. It took me a moment to process the visual contradiction, but then it hit me. This fellow may very well have been filing for unemployment, and getting to the office in an obvious symbol of his former status. I wonder how long he’ll be able to keep that awesome set of wheels?
I have no intention of making light of his apparent troubles. While it may seem easy to ridicule a successful person’s financial plight, I know from experience that the trip down that slide is painful regardless of where you start from. The recession has truly hit every quarter of American society (much the way the Great Depression did) and no one is immune. So while our age of conspicuous consumption may have gone the way of the dinosaurs, our days of resetting our personal and professional expectations may have only just begun.
Jeff Canter
President
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Sad to see, but should we have expected it?
November 4, 2010Great message about leadership
November 3, 2010From Harvard Business Review:
http://blogs.hbr.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/8298
What’s the Narrative About Your Leadership? – Tom Davenport – Harvard Business Review
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Half-a**ed Accountability
October 5, 2010This guy gets the prize for being the biggest moron trying to behave accountably. Read the article and the title of this post will make sense.
http://us.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=23848&external=513224.proteus.fma
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