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Selected Reading on the Global Economy for the Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program


Good to Great
Jim Collins

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE: An Old Man, A Young Man, And Life's Greatest Lesson
Mitch Albom


Finding Your Voice: Learning to Lead...Anywhere You Want to Make a Difference
Larraine R. Matusak


On Leadership
John W. Gardner


A Governor's Guide to Cluster-Based Economic Development
Stuart Rosenfeld


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Good to Great
Jim Collins

Published: 2001, HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
ISBN: 0-06-662099-6 (hc)

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Maybe you are not interested in learning how an elite group of corporations managed to yield cumulative stock returns that beat the general stock market by a multiplier of 7 over a 15-year period of time (Better then twice the results delivered by a cumulative index of the worlds greatest companies). Maybe you are more interested in why Arlen Leholm thinks there is a future for hedgehogs in Wisconsin agriculture? Or perhaps you are wondering if you need to buy a bus pass to get on the Extension bus?

OUR REVIEW (Reviewed April 08, 2004, by Andy Lewis)
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