Tag: development

June 19, 2015

Cydcor Reviews ‘First, Break All the Rules’

Welcome to Cydcor Reviews, a website dedicated to recommending interesting and insightful books to business professionals wolrdwide. About First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham and Curt W. Coffman Managers come in all shapes and sizes, and everyone has their own style of doing things to reach their goals. No manager is the same as any other, but many managers share the same traits: the ability to break any past rules and […]

March 6, 2015

Cydcor Reviews ‘Switch’

Here is Cydcor’s Review of Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard: About Switch: Switch is a story-driven narrative of why making changes to our everyday lives is difficult, but worth the trouble. This can be applied to companies, communities, and our own personal lives. Switch demonstrates that a successful change can be completed, and the steps you take to make that change can be applied to any other change you’d like to make as well. All it […]

March 5, 2015

Why Authenticity Matters in Sales

“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.” – Douglas Adams, author When you look to offer a service or product for consumption or use, you want to offer your clientele something that you believe in, and that has been created with authenticity. A well-treated customer who has been approached with care and earnestness is a customer who feels appreciated—and it is these customers that are […]

February 17, 2015

Life Hacks for Left-Brain Thinkers

Those who identify as “left-brain” thinkers tend to be more on the analytic and logical side of the spectrum of thought. Law, finance, engineering and the sciences are some of the many industries that those analytical types tend to fall into. But in an age of innovation, those more systematic thinkers might need a kick-start for creativity to keep up. While there are distinct verbal and analytic styles of thinking associated with different hemispheres of the brain, that doesn’t mean […]

October 31, 2013

Cydcor Reviews Talent Masters

Cydcor Reviews Talent Masters Cydcor review by: Gail Michalak, Chief Marketing Officer at Cydcor Book: Talent Masters by Bill Conaty and Ram Charan Description:  This book is a description of how to judge exceptional talent within organizations and how to leverage that talent into success for the business.  Bill Conaty has worked closely with legendary CEO Jack Welsh of General Electric and Ram Charan is a consultant that has worked for large corporations all over the world.  Both authors contend […]

October 16, 2013

Cydcor Reviews The War for Talent

  Title: The War for Talent Author:  Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones, and Beth Axelrod Review by:  Suzzanne Fleet Description of this book:  This book uses information from thousands of executives from dozens of companies on how to keep a high level of talent and performance from employees.  Acquiring, retaining and developing talented individuals is essential for companies to succeed.  It is important to pinpoint high performers and low performers, reward high performers, and move low performers out of the organization.  […]

August 6, 2013

The Leader Within, by Ken Blanchard et al

This is our sixth installment of our book reviews project designed to introduce you to books that Cydcor team members find especially valuable. This review is by Kelli, Cydcor Field Solutions Manager, and is the first review that Kelli has done for us.