Douglas Conant

The Communication Code: A Book Review by Bob Morris

November 12, 2023

The Communication Code: Unlock Every Relationship One Conversation at a Time Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram Wiley (November 2023) Clear two-way communication is essential to healthy relationship According to Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram,  unlocking a relationship “refers to making…

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The Leadership Conversation: A book review by Bob Morris

January 27, 2023

The Leadership Conversation [colon] Make Bold Change [comma] One Conversation at a Time Rose Fass, TotalPublshingAndMedia (November 2022) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt I was again reminded of the…

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Connectable: A book review by Bob Morris

March 6, 2022

Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams from Isolated to All In Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen McGraw Hill (March 2022) The power and impact of thinking in terms of first-person PLURAL pronouns Why did Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van…

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The Power of Moments: A book review by Bob Morris

October 16, 2017

The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact Chip Heath and Dan Heath Simon & Schuster (October 2017) How to mark transitions, commemorate milestones, and fill pits…also, WHY In my opinion, this is the most important of the…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 11/18/13)

November 24, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Leader’s Guide to Speaking with Presence: How to Project Confidence, Conviction, and Authority John Baldoni Surrounded by Geniuses: Unlocking the…

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How to Influence People Like a CEO

November 18, 2013

Here is a brief article by Douglas Conant for LinkedIn. To check out a wealth of articles by other thought leaders, please click here. * * * In a typical day we each have dozens of interactions – with colleagues,…

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Talk, Inc.: A book review by Bob Morris

June 16, 2012

Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why organizational conversation can – and should – be a new source of organizational power The results…

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TouchPoints: A book review by Bob Morris

May 3, 2012

TouchPoints: Creating Powerful Leadership Connections in the Smallest Moments Douglas Conant and Mette Norgaard Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2011) How to prepare for and then embrace the privilege of being of meaningful service to others This volume endorses the principles of servant…

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Talent, Passion, and the Creativity Maze

March 14, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Teresa Amabile and Steve Kramer 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…

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