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...Should the Boss Listen to You? By James E. Lukaszewski Jossey-Bass; 188 pages...
...trusted adviser. These include commonsense attributes such as thinking strategically, developing a management perspective and advising constructively. The payoff for being influential, says Lukaszewski, is having power. "Actually seeing your recommendations become marching orders is something amazing to behold and to achieve," he writes. But don't forget: the boss always gets the credit...
...thematic diversity ofhis heavy predecessor. Then again, “Trilla”is only Ross’s second album, so hestill has time to grow into the enormous,double-wide shoes he’ll have to fill ifwants to be “the biggest boss that you’veseen thus far.”“Trilla” is everything you’d expectfrom a big budget, highly anticipated record—the beats are fantastic, the guestappearances are high profile and numerous,and the production is top notch.Contributions from the likes...
...fictional characters fared spectacularly well amid the uncertainty that followed 9/11. One was Harry Potter, whose adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Scotland provided an exhilarating escape for millions of children, and not a few parents. The other was Precious Ramotswe, whose everyday adventures as boss of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency in Botswana provided a reassuring escape for millions of adults, and not a few children. Sales of both novel series soared into the tens of millions, making Edinburgh, where J.K. Rowling and Alexander McCall Smith both write, a cradle of superstar authors...
...year term ends March 19. The University of Tokyo graduate is "an extremely competent administrator who ensures consistency," says Jesper Koll, Japan director for Singapore-based Tantallon Capital. During his five-year term as deputy governor at the Bank of Japan, Muto, 64, typically voted in line with his boss, Fukui, at policy meetings. Even though Japan faces "stagflation"-a slowing economy combined with higher inflation-Muto isn't expected to do anything radical. He'll probably leave interest rates at the current level of 0.5%, at least in the short term. "The BOJ has not once acted pro-actively...