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Has the USA Fallen Permanently Behind?
In today’s Wallstreet Journal Opinion, The Folly of Subsidizing Unemployment http://on.wsj.com/d4HruL, Harvard economics professor, Robert Barro, argued that the ranks of unemployed workers would be lowered by 4,000,000 if the unemployment benefits of the 14,000,000 unemployed workers had been eliminated, rather than extended. Professor Barro said, “Suppose…the share of long-term unemployment had equaled the peak […]
What Drives Change? Three Inescapable Shifts that Will Rock Your World
By Gerhard Gschwandtner (reposted from http://sellingpower.typepad.com/gg/2010/02/what-drives-change.html) I just got an interesting book called Selling Change by Brett Clay. Here is my view on change. The first question is “what drives change?” Ideas, money and technology. The first two are obvious. Internet technology creates new ways of sharing, communicating, collaborating and conducting business. It’s almost like […]
Can Your Father Learn New Tricks? Can You?
We all know the saying that “old dogs can’t learn new tricks”. As with most sayings, there is an element of truth to it. But, these sayings are like reading your horoscope—they are general statements that can apply to anyone. Let’s explore the myth of the “old dog”. The “old dog” is most often an […]
Change Leaders Do Not Dance on Graves—Not Even On Barnes and Nobles’
In today’s Wall Street Journal, columnist L. Gordon Crovitz writes about the challenges facing Barnes and Noble, the USA’s biggest bricks-and-mortar retail bookseller. His editorial “hook” for the article is the recent news that the board of Barnes and Noble has authorized the sale of the company. The comments I posted on his article at […]
How to Create an Award-Winning Social Media Marketing System
Change Leadership Group, LLC was honored to receive a 2010 Independent Publisher Book Award for Best Book Marketing for the book, Selling Change. Brett Clay, CEO of Change Leadership Group, and the author of Selling Change, delivered this presentation at the National Speakers Association national conference in Orlando, FL on July 19, 2010. [slideshare id=4854576&doc=20-20lightingroundsnsabrettclay-100727231137-phpapp01]
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