The SQUEEZE: The collapse and subsequent sale of Bear Stearns ignited the financial meltdown of 2008. JP Morgan Chase purchased the eighty-five-year-old institution for the low price of $2 trillion. These events contributed to the unraveling of Wa...

The SQUEEZE: World-class consulting organizations often land big clients and large contracts. Organizations make such strides within the context of a fast-changing, but risk-laden economy. Within this environment, how are organizations able to lea...

The SQUEEZE: Selling products effectively requires a certain tenacity that only the most disciplined are successful. It is this sentiment that forms the basis of Joe Girard and Stanley H. Brown’s book titled “How to Sell Anything to Anybody.” Gira...

The SQUEEZE: Worrying contributes to the depletion of mental and physical energy. The act of worrying prevents people from enjoying the nuances of everyday living. It is this sentiment that permeates Dale Carnegie’s book titled “How to Stop Worryi...

The SQUEEZE: Part autobiography and part family memoir, John McCain’s Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir represents an exploration of the author’s life and service in the U.S. military. McCain traces his personal history, from the time he spends...

The SQUEEZE: In Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything, James Gleick discusses the paradox of time management, offering a decidedly contrarian view regarding instantaneity and “hurry sickness.” In an age of instant coffee, instant intim...

The SQUEEZE: In Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy, Raghuram G. Rajan suggests that there are flaws in the economy, warning that a potentially devastating crisis awaits us. In the book, Rajan outlines the individual...

The SQUEEZE: Susan Scott is a master teacher of positive change. In using and promoting powerful communication as a tool, Scott encourages her readers to succeed. In order to have success in a particular area, Scott suggests that readers will have...

The SQUEEZE: In today’s economy, companies are required to become value creators. Companies must generate different forms of value which include emotional, experiential, social, and financial. It is a path that companies must take in order to incr...

The SQUEEZE: Today, the commercial marketplace is crowded with different product offerings, leaving companies with the problem of sustaining their competitive positions. W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne, the world’s newest business gurus, suggest t...