Charles Handy

50 Business Classics: A book review by Bob Morris

November 2, 2021

50 Business Classics: Your shortcut to the most important ideas on innovation, management and strategy Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey (April 2018) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”  Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer) [Note: I recently re-read this book again…

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Cracking the Leadership Code: A book review by Bob Morris

April 5, 2020

Cracking the Leadership Code: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders Alain Hunkins Wiley (March 2020) “Your title identies you as a manager; your people make you a leader.” Donna Dubinsky Although Amazon now offers more than 100,000 books on leadership,…

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50 Business Classics: A book review by Bob Morris

April 6, 2018

50 Business Classics: Your shortcut to the most important ideas on innovation, management and strategy Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey (April 2018) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”  Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer) This is the latest in a series…

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Charles Handy on Striving to Earn Trust

June 3, 2017

In Thinkers 50 Leadership Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove focus on various dimensions and elements of leadership, a subject that has fascinated thoughtful commentators at least since a blind poet, Homer, created the Iliad and Odyssey; then, Sophocles and Shakespeare;…

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New Brand Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

August 21, 2015

New Brand Leadership: Managing at the Intersection of Globalization, Localization and Personalization Larry Light and Joan Kiddon Pearson FT Press (2015) If someone asks you if your brand’s significance is global, local, or personal and your answer is “yes,” this…

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The Seductions of the Infosphere

July 25, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Charles Handy for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…

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The Hummer and the Mini: A book review by Bob Morris

June 21, 2011

The Hummer and the Mini: Navigating the Contradictions of the New Trend Landscape Robyn Waters Portfolio/Penguin Group (2006) In this sequel to The Trendmaster’s Guide, Waters explains the “what” of Trend. Throughout much of the book’s narrative, she cites examples…

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The Essential Bennis: A book review by Bob Morris

May 23, 2011

The Essential Bennis Warren Bennis with Patricia Ward Biederman Jossey-Bass (2009) The pre-eminent leader of leadership studies I have read and reviewed all of Warren Bennis’ books and read most of his articles. Therefore, I was especially eager to examine…

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