Art of War

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Performance Management: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 24, 2023

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Performance Management Various Contributors in Collaboration with HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (April 2023) “Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.” Warren Bennis As you no doubt know already,…

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The Year in Tech 2022: A book review by Bob Morris

November 9, 2021

The Year in Tech 2022: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review (HBR Insights Series) Various Contributors in Collaboration with HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (October 2021) “Big Bang Disruptions”: A paradigm for all seasons This is the…

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Negotiating from the Inside Out: A book review by Bob Morris

August 19, 2020

Negotiating from the Inside Out: A Playbook for Business Success Clint Babcock Sandler Training (July 2020) How to win “the inner game of negotiation” After President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin met for several days with…

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“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein

August 19, 2019

In Smartcuts, Shane Snow explains thde breakghrough power of lateral thinking: how and why it usually (not always) answers questions and solves problems faster and better than can any other thought process. The concept of thinking outside of a box…

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When the Wolves Bite: A book review by Bob Morris

April 28, 2018

a href=”https://bobmorris.biz/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/When-the-Wolves.jpg”>When the Wolves Bite (4/24): Two Billionaires, One Company, and an Epic Wall Street Battle Scott Wapner Public Affairs (April 2018) A brilliant analysis of “the fights, the factions, the money, and the mayhem of an epic Wall Street…

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Pre-Suasion: A book review by Bob Morris

September 11, 2016

Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade Robert Cialdini Simon & Schuster (September 2016) “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” Abraham Lincoln I am among those…

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The Art of Strategic Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

July 13, 2016

The Art of Strategic Leadership: How Leaders at All Levels Prepare Themselves, Their Teams, and Organizations for the Future Steven J. Stowell and Stephanie S. Mead John Wiley & Sons (2016) “The future is already here. – it’s just not…

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Presentation Skills 201: A book review by Bob Morris

June 18, 2016

Presentation Skills 201: How to Take It to the Next Level as a Confident, Engaging Presenter William R. Steele Erie Publishing (2016) How you present yourself when interacting with others will probably determine what they think of you, for better…

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The Challenger Customer: A book review by Bob Morris

September 13, 2015

The Challenger Customer: Selling to the Hidden Influencer Who Can Multiply Your Results Matthew Dixon, Brent Adamson, Pat Spenner, and Nick Toman Portfolio/Penguin Random House (September 2015) How re-writing the rules enables “the best companies to connect with current customers,…

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Creative Strategy Generation: A book review by Bob Morris

August 17, 2015

Creative Strategy Generation: Using Passion and Creativity to Compose Business Strategies That Inspire Action and Growth Bob Caporale McGraw-Hill (2015) “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” Michael Porter Throughout the last several decades, I have been…

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