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With many thanks to friends and clients, we’ve made the top 25 list our 1st month out of the gate!

800-CEO-READ, a leading direct supplier of book-based resources, compiles a monthly list of best-selling business books based on purchases by its corporate customers nationwide. Here are the best sellers for October 2008:

23. “Relationship Economics: Transform Your Most Valuable Business Contacts Into Personal and Professional Success” by David Nour; Wiley.

You can read about the others here…

In the New York Times business section last Sunday, October 26th, I read with great interest an article about Jenny Hourihan Bailin who lost her Wall Street investment banking job in a restructuring earlier this year. The article focused on how she’s found her “true north” compass heading – that which really makes her happy. She’s decided to retool and transfer her skills into the non-profit world. Read the rest of this entry »

Integrated Broadband Services (IBBS) recently had me speak at their 2008 User Advisory Council meeting of their top clients.  They also asked me to facilitate a very candid and poignant Q&A session with their top executives.  Below is a kind note via LinkedIn® from one of their new customers, Steve Sizemore, Director of Advanced Services at CMA Communications.

Wonder,

At Relationship Economics®, we believe whether in a turbulent economy or otherwise, it’s our investments in the “favor economy” which will benefit all of us the most!  Check out Relationship Economics (Wiley, September 2008) for more actionable examples of quantifiable and strategic investment ideas in your most valuable business relationships.

what does your agenda says about your company meeting?

In a relationship-centric culture – one that is unafraid of retribution and unafraid of failing forward, failing fast and failing cheap – and particularly in a sluggish economy, it is critical to keep overall morale high.

But with added pressure to execute, stress to reduce costs, and continued corporate cutbacks in various resources, this is easier said than done. Within the Relationship Economics framework, there are some very specific ideas you can implement.

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There is no question that many people are very good at staying heads-down and engaged on critical projects, strategic initiatives, and overall tasks at hand. But I can’t help but wonder, how many of this same group really know how to vacation.

Do you really know how to take a break from your company? When was the last time you got lost on purpose? I am not talking about moving your office outdoors, masked as a vacation where you spend most of the time working, but those getaways specially for Baby Boomers that really make you consider a permanent change in lifestyle.

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Have you ever heard of the company Threadless? They’re the classic case of applying key principals in my upcoming book: Relationship Economics (Wiley, 2008).  When it comes to building business relationships, Threadless is the epitome of the intentional, strategic, and thus quantifiable value of social networks.  Forget LinkedIn® for handshakes and introductions - this is Adaptive Innovation™ at work!

Threadless manages to solve business problems by consistently producing highly creative, profitable products month after month with no advertising, no professional designers, no sales force, and no retail distribution. They have been able to dramatically rethink and reposition their long-term relationship with their customers by blurring the line between producers and consumers.

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