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Build: A book review by Bob Morris

November 16, 2022

Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making Tony Fadell HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins (May 2022) “Everything begins with asking ‘Why?’” Simon Sinek It is also true that “Building anything begins with asking ‘Why?’” Sinek agrees with Peter Drucker:…

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Leading with Heart [6/21/22] : A book review by Bob Morris

June 26, 2022

Leading with Heart: Five Conversations That Unlock Creativity, Purpose, and Results John Baird and Edward Sullivan HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins (2022) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt John Baird and…

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Build: A book review by Bob Morris

May 6, 2022

Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making Tony Fadell HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins (May 2022) “Everything begins with asking ‘Why?’” Simon Sinek Sinek agrees with Peter Drucker: “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great…

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Leading with Gratitude: A book review by Bob Morris

March 16, 2020

Leading with Gratitude: Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton HarperBusiness/An imprint of HarperCollins (March 2020) How and why “putting gratitude at the center of everything you do is the key to a happy life”…

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Optimal Outcomes: A book review by Bob Morris

March 9, 2020

Goldman-Wetzler, Jennifer

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Trillion Dollar Coach: A book review by Bob Morris

April 21, 2019

Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle HarperBusiness/An imprint of HarperCollins (April 2019) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”  Theodore Roosevelt…

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Mentors & Coaches

January 14, 2019

In his Foreword to Trillion Dollar Coach, Adam Grant notes some significant differences between business mentors and business coaches: “Whereas mentors dole out words of wisdom, coaches roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty. They don’t just believe…

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Competing Against the Future: A book review by Bob Morris

October 7, 2016

Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice Clayton M. Christensen, Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon, and David S. Duncan HarperBusiness/An imprint of HarperCollins (October 2016) How and why you really can create products and services that you know,…

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Writing Without Bullshit: A book review by Bob Morris

September 29, 2016

Writing Without Bullshit: Boost Your Career by Saying What You Mean Josh Bernoff HarperBusiness/An imprint of HarperCollins (September 2016) The power of Lean thinking and writing One of the greatest benefits of Lean principles is that they can help leaders…

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Play Bigger: A book review by Bob Morris

June 22, 2016

Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets Al Ramadan, Dave Peterson, Christopher Lochhead, and Kevin Maney HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins (June 2016) How to achieve and then sustain a competitive advantage in almost any marketplace In…

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