Dan Pink

Thriving in the Gig Economy: A book review by Bob Morris

July 25, 2017

Thriving in the Gig Economy: How to Capitalize and Compete in the New World of Work Marion McGovern Career Press (July 2017) The most important dos and don’ts in today’s “free world of work” As I began to read this…

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Michael Bungay Stanier on The Coaching Habit: An interview by Bob Morris

May 5, 2017

Michael Bungay Stanier is the author of The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever as well as the Senior Partner and Founder of Box of Crayons, a company is best known for its…

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The Dawn of Next Generation Thinkers

May 11, 2015

Here is an excerpt from a recent blog post co-authored by Des Dearlove and Stuart Crainer for the Thinkers50 website. To read the complete article, check out the abundance of resources, and sign up for email alerts, please click here.…

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Body of Work: A book review by Bob Morris

May 15, 2014

Body of Work: Finding the Thread That Ties Your Story Together Pamela Slim Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2013) Why we must strive to “direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our…

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What will your body of work be?

April 20, 2014

In Body of Work: Finding the Thread That Ties Your Story Together, Pamela Slim fondly recalls her father and his efforts to establish a community center in Port Costa (CA), “an institution of learning…filled with people learning Spanish, or painting,…

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Dan Pontefract: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

September 9, 2013

Dan Pontefractis the author of Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization. He also holds the role of Head of Learning & Collaboration at TELUS where he is responsible for the overarching leadership development, learning and collaboration strategy for…

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Dan Pontefract: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

September 2, 2013

Dan Pontefract is the author of Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization. He also holds the role of Head of Learning & Collaboration at TELUS where he is responsible for the overarching leadership development, learning and collaboration strategy…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 8/26/13)

September 1, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS (Forget a Mentor) Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career Sylvia Ann Hewlett Leading the Starbucks Way: 5…

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What really (REALLY) motivates people

August 30, 2013

I am among those who are convinced that workers must be self-motivated to become actively, productively, and happily engaged in the given enterprise. However, it is possible to create a workplace environment with appropriate supervision within which people are most…

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The Key Ingredients of a Successful Team

August 11, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Vineet Nayar for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. *     *     * I…

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