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1. 21 business bloopers of 2008
SmartBrief on Leadership | Dec 31, 2008
The Detroit auto execs stole the show, but Fortune finds room to commend Bloomberg News, Yahoo! and former Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo for their moronic moments in business. The evil "reply all" button strikes again! CNNmoney.com/Fortune (12/29)
2. It's worse than we thought
SmartBrief on Leadership | Jan 02, 2009
If you've heard any heartening forecasts of economic recovery in 2009, forget them. Leading economists say the recession will be deeper and last longer than official estimates, at least in Britain. "It will probably be the closest experience to the Great Depression since the Great Depression," says Simon Hayes of Barclays Capital. Financial Times (01/01)
3. 5 bad habits that snare new leaders
SmartBrief on Leadership | Jan 02, 2009
New bosses struggling to obtain quick wins are prone to focus too much on detail, react badly to criticism, bully, micromanage and make snap judgments, a survey of 5,400 new leaders and their managers found. "In some cases, they manage to get the outcome they were seeking in a narrow sense, but the process isn't pretty, the fallout is toxic, and their ability to lead is compromised," say the authors of this report. Harvard Business Review (01/2009)
4. 10 best gadgets of 2008
SmartBrief on Leadership | Jan 02, 2009
Fast Company gives top kudos to a sleek flat-screen Sony TV, two netbooks, an electric motorcycle and the Amazon Kindle. The magazine also honors gizmos that bring digital video capture and GPS tracking to the masses. FastCompany.com (12/23)
5. Loans, tyrants and bears -- '09!
SmartBrief on Leadership | Dec 31, 2008
The Financial Times says its staff soothsayers correctly predicted some of the year's biggest calamities, so they're back at it with a preview of 2009. They foresee cheap oil, enduring dictators and synthetic life. Read or watch conjecture in action in the five-minute video. Financial Times (12/30)
6. You think it, they make it
SmartBrief on Leadership | Jan 02, 2009
Here's an inventive Web site that brings other people's ideas to life -- and to market. At Ponoko.com, you can submit a product idea and have a designer make a mock-up. Then Ponoko will make the product and send it to you. You can even sell the product through the site. The Wired staff tried it out with three brainchildren they wanted to see for sale. Total cost: $891. Wired (12/22)
7. Personal faults doomed Bush as a leader
SmartBrief on Leadership | Jan 05, 2009
President George W. Bush suffers from hubris and a "personality tic" that are combining to make a sad farce of his last days in power, says columnist Frank Rich in a scathing op-ed. The commander in chief whose first appearance in Iraq, bringing turkey to the troops, was a PR victory was reduced to ducking shoes at his curtain call. "He is not a memorable villain so much as a sometimes affable second banana whom Josh Brolin and Will Ferrell can nail without breaking a sweat," Rich says. New York Times, The (01/03)
8. As we begin the new year, when do you believe "in your gut" that GDP growth in the United States will be positive again?
SmartBrief on Leadership | Dec 31, 2008
9. Team Obama hits a bump
SmartBrief on Leadership | Jan 05, 2009
President-elect Barack Obama suffered the first public snag in assembling his cabinet when New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew Sunday as the Commerce Secretary nominee, citing a state contracting investigation back home. The news was a setback for Obama's "team of rivals" concept and for his lobbying strategy for the stimulus bill. Boston Globe, The (01/05)
10. 3 leadership traits of a survivor
SmartBrief on Leadership | Jan 05, 2009
Leaders who survive the recession will be those who connect to change, who "see the tsunami as it is ... [and] have the poise and the urgency to deal with it," says Ram Charan, author of "Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty." The successful leader, he says, will define reality, communicate the new situation to staff and be able to change strategies once the storm passes. FastCompany.com (12/31)
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