Jean-Louis Barsoux

The Art of Asking Smarter Questions

April 21, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Arnaud Chevallier, Frédéric Dalsace, and Jean-Louis Barsoux for Harvard Business Review and HBR blog network. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Performance Management: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 24, 2023

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Performance Management Various Contributors in Collaboration with HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (April 2023) “Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.” Warren Bennis As you no doubt know already,…

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What Everyone Gets Wrong About Change Management

February 9, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article written by N. Anand and Jean-Louis Barsoux for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive…

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Bring Your Breakthrough Ideas to Life

December 2, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, and Michael Wade for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information,…

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What Everyone Gets Wrong About Change Management

December 2, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by N. Anand and Jean-Louis Barsoux for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 9/9/13)

September 15, 2013

  I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you:   BOOK REVIEWS Word of Mouse: 101+ Trends in How We Buy, Sell, Live, Learn, Work, and Play Marc Ostrofsky The Necessity…

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The Set-Up-To-Fail Syndrome: No Harm Intended — A Relationship Spirals from Bad to Worse

September 12, 2013

Here is the executive summary of an article co-authored by Jean-François Manzoni and Jean-Louis Barsoux that was published in Harvard Business Review and later developed into a book. To read the complete article, you must be registered to have free…

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Fired Up or Burned Out: A book review by Bob Morris

September 24, 2011

Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team’s Passion, Creativity, and Productivity Michael Lee Stallard with Carolyn Dewing-Hommes and Jason Pankau Thomas Nelson (2007) How to “take a hard line on the soft issues” Many of those who…

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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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