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Pointy-Haired Bosses? Please.

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100

Late last month, CNN Money published an expose of bosses who are also idiots. In addition to Jeanne Sahadi's jokey outline of executive foibles, the essay offers one piece of advice: Get over it or get out. That's a little ...READ»

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Think Different

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 100

Stanford's Jeffrey Pfeffer, one of my all-time favorite business thinkers, has some new research out that confirms one of Fast Company's long-held beliefs: that competing differently in a marketplace is strategy. In a new research ...READ»

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Danger:Toxic Company

BY Alan M. Webber
Relevancy Score: 90

The problem isn't that loyalty is dead or that careers are history. The real problem, argues Stanford's Jeffrey Pfeffer, is that so many companies are toxic -- and that they get exactly what they deserve.READ»

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Why Can't We Get Anything Done?

BY Alan M. Webber
Relevancy Score: 90

Stanford B-school professor Jeffrey Pfeffer has a question: If we're so smart, why can't we get anything done? Here are 16 rules to help you make things happen in your organization.READ»

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My Favorite Books for Bosses

BY Robert I. Sutton, PhD
Relevancy Score: 64

In thinking about the process of writing "Good Boss, Bad Boss", and more broadly, about the set of books that I believe every boss should read, I came up with a list of my favorites.READ»

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Fast Ideas for Slow Times

BY Christine Canabou
Relevancy Score: 55

Innovation within limits is the order of the day. Here, three rules for conservative creativity.READ»

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Readers' Choice: No Leading Without Reading

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 54

This month, we turn over Readers' Choice to three of our favorite leadership experts for their book recommendations on leadership and change.READ»

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Thought Leaders: The Next 30

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 50

So many people are interested in who else is on this list and where they rank that I thought it would be helpful to share with you the next 30. So here they are: 21. Jeffrey Pfeffer 22. Philip Kotler 23. Robert C. Merton 24. C.K. ...READ»

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The Future of the Company

BY Alan Webber
Relevancy Score: 45

Letter from the founding editorsREAD»

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Leadership For A New Era

BY Ray Williams
Relevancy Score: 41

In times of crisis, people's behaviors and perspectives--both in their personal and work lives--change irrevocably. Those that adapt to the changes have the best chance for success. As a result of the current economic crisis, our economic system will fundamentally change and will not return to the "way it was." Our organizations will need leaders who understand that and provide the kind of leadership necessary for the new era.READ»

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Power Is an Addictive Drug

BY Jeffrey Pfeffer
Relevancy Score: 35

In this excerpt from his new book "Power: Why Some People Have It--And Others Don't," author Jeffrey Pfeffer tells about one man's indulgences in the perks of power, and the devastating withdrawl when it was taken away.READ»

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Fast Company Library

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 18

Books previously featured in Fast Company (2000)READ»

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The Promise of Fast Education

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 17

Roger Martin Roger Martin is the dean of the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He was appointed to a seven-year term beginning on September 1, 1998. A Canadian from Wallenstein, Ontario, Martin was ...READ»

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The Secret Life of the CEO: Do they even know right from wrong?

BY Keith H. Hammonds
Relevancy Score: 14

Why so many good executives make so many terrible choices. The high stakes, the pressure to perform, and the temptation to go for the dough are part of the problem.READ»