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Best-Kept Secrets of the World’s Best Companies

September 28, 2019

In Secrets of Greatness: Advice from the World’s Top CEOs and Entrepreneurs (2006), a volume created by the editors of Fortune magazine from previously published material. Eleven journalists share twenty-five of what were then among “the best-kept secrets” of what…

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Five steps to delivering world-class innovation leadership

July 28, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article by Gijs van Wulfen for The Leadership Network blog. Founded in 2010, it has since delivered business excellence training courses to more than 4,000 Directors and Senior Managers in companies such as Lego,…

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What the Most Successful People Alive Share in Common

December 19, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Gillian Zoe Segal, featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up to receive email alerts, please click here. * * * For my new…

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Thinking out of the box about “thinking out of the box”

October 10, 2015

I wish I had a five-dollar bill (or even a dollar bill) for every time I have encountered a reference to “out of the box thinking.” The background to this phrase, briefly, is that it was popularized by motivational speaker…

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Transformative HR: A book review by Bob Morris

July 7, 2015

Transformative HR: How Great Companies Use Evidence-Based Change for Sustainable Advantage John W. Boudreau and Ravin Jesuthasan Joszsey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2011) How and why the principles underlying evidence-based change bring clarity and validity to decisions about human capital In my…

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A New Multinational Mission

May 27, 2015

Here is the conclusion of a brilliant article (“The New Mission for Multinationals”) co-authored by José F.P. Santos and Peter J. Williamson that appeared in MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription…

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The Mobile Mind Shift: A book review by Bob Morris

June 11, 2014

The Mobile Mind Shift: Engineer Your Business to Win in the Mobile Moment Ted Schadler, Josh Bernoff, and Julie Ask Groundswell Press (2014) How and why the entrepreneurial mindset is uniquely capable of exploiting and creating the mobile mind shift…

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Larry Weber and Lisa Leslie Henderson on “Ten New Skills Marketers Must Learn to Stay Relevant and Customer-Centric”

May 16, 2014

Since the ancient bazaars in Athens and Rome, marketing has created or increased demand for what is offered, whatever that may be. In recent years, many of the transactions have been conducted electronically, online. Almost 40% of the world is…

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Romancing the Brand: A book review by Bob Morris

January 25, 2014

Romancing the Brand: How Brands Create Strong, Intimate Relationships with Consumers Tim Halloran Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Brand (2014) How to identify the right customer with whom to engage in a relationship, then sustain it to mutual benefit We have learned a…

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George Kohlrieser: An interview by Bob Morris

April 11, 2013

George Kohlrieser is an organizational and clinical psychologist. He is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour at IMD and consultant to several global companies including Accenture, Alcan, Amer Sports, Barclays Global Investors, Cisco, Coca-Cola, HP, IBM, IFC, Morgan Stanley, Motorola,…

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