Jean Lipman-Blumen

James Kouzes: An interview by Bob Morris

March 6, 2012

A former president, then CEO and chairman of the Tom Peters Company, Kouzes is the Dean’s Executive Professor of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. Along with co-author Barry Posner they have written over a dozen books, including…

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Add Women, Get Smarter: What’s the Deal with Social Sensitivity?

September 2, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. “Visit us daily to discover issues that matter,…

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The Set-Up-To-Fail Syndrome: A book review by Bob Morris

August 18, 2011

The Set-Up-To-Fail Syndrome: How Good Managers Cause Great People to Fail Jean-Francois Manzoni  and Jean-Louis Barsoux Harvard Business Press (2002) The Negative Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Note: I recently re-read this book while preparing questions for an interview and was amazed, frankly,…

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Adam Bryant: An interview by Bob Morris

July 19, 2011

Adam Bryant is the deputy national editor of The New York Times, and works with reporters in many of the Times‘ domestic bureaus. He also conducts interviews with CEOs and other leaders for Corner Office, a weekly feature in the Sunday Business…

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Ira Chaleff: An interview by Bob Morris

July 11, 2011

Ira Chaleff has been named one of the top 100 best thinkers on leadership in the U.S. by Executive Excellence magazine. He lives in Washington, DC, and plays several interesting roles there including executive coach, author, workshop leader and chair…

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The Art of Followership: A book review by Bob Morris

July 9, 2011

The Art of Followership: How Great Followers Create Great Leaders and Organizations Ronald E. Riggio, Ira Chaleff, and Jean Lipman-Blumen, Co-Editors Jossey-Bass (2008) “Candles” and “mirrors” in the contemporary workplace This anthology brings together the essays of 31 contributors who…

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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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