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Master Pragmatic Leadershipwith Professor Bacharach

Transforming the Clunky OrganizationBreak Organizational Inertia“Bacharach offers a no-nonsense, straightforward approach to surmounting what he sees as the primary organizational challenge for business leaders, namely inertia.”

—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“Bacharach provides practical guidance for all leaders to make sure we understand that although our ‘best was good for today, tomorrow we need to do better.’ ”

—LOWELL McADAM ’76, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Verizon Communications

“This book . . . specifies why inertia occurs and delineates the tactics, strategies, and leadership capacities to break out of inertia and avoid failure.”

—ANDREW DOYLE ’94, Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Oppenheimer Funds

The Agenda MoverGo the Distance“The Agenda Mover clearly explains how the combination of technical competence and political acumen can be used to make a great idea a reality. This is a must-read for every executive.”

—ROB MANFRED ’80, Commissioner, Major League Baseball

“Leaders who follow Sam’s precepts . . . acquire the one essential but all-too-rare attribute of effective leadership: They get things done.”

—ERIC SCHURENBURG, President and Editor-in-Chief, Inc. Media

SAMUEL B. BACHARACH, the McKelvey-Grant Professor Emeritus at the ILR School and co-founder of the Bacharach Leadership Group, has trained numerous leaders in both corporate and higher-education settings. In April 2019, Cornell University’s capstone leadership program for high potentials, for

which he played a critical role to develop, was re-named the Samuel Bacharach Leading Cornell Program.

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INVEST. BETTER.Harold Evensky, veteran financial advisor, shares his tips.

Harold Evensky, BCE ’64, MS ’67 Available at www.amazon.com and the price is right!

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New cozy mystery set in the Four Corners region by Vicky Ramakka ’70.

Hired by the Bureau of Land Management to survey threatened and endangered plants, Millie Whitehall travels to the harsh environment of northwest New Mexico’s high desert. Her job of protecting the endangered San Juan Cactus is overshadowed by two murders on the BLM land. When autopsy reports reveal that the seemingly unrelated deaths involve plants, Millie uses her skills as a botanist to discover the real culprit.

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FIFTY YEARS AGO A YOUNG MAN LED AN ARMED REVOLT ON CAMPUS.

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