Jeff Immelt

The seven decisions that matter in a digital transformation: A CEO’s guide to reinvention

April 16, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Peter Dahlström, Driek Desmet, and Marc Singer for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm,…

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Bursting the CEO Bubble

March 29, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Hal Gregersen 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 email alerts,…

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Avoiding Integrity Land Mines

September 20, 2015

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Ben W. Heineman, Jr. and published in the April 2007 issue of Harvard Business Review. . To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription…

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Vijay Govindarajan: An interview by Bob Morris

April 2, 2013

Vijay Govindarajan (“VG”) is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and innovation. He is the Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He was the first…

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Win-Win Partnerships: A book review by Bob Morris

March 28, 2013

Win-Win Partnerships: Be on the Cutting Edge with Synergistic Coaching Steven J. Stowell and Matt M. Starcevich CMOE Press (1996) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison Do not be deterred by the fact that this book was first published…

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The Score Takes Care of Itself: A book review by Bob Morris

February 23, 2013

The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership  Bill Walsh with Steve Jamison and Craig Walsh Portfolio/Penguin Group (2009) “But here’s the lesson I learned….” Note: I remembered this book when I recently began work on material for a workshop on accelerated development of middle managers…

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“It’s never too late to be great….”

April 16, 2012

Tom Butler-Bowdon has only recently received in the United States the attention and appreciation that he so richly deserves. Years ago, he formulated his “50 Classics” concept,  based on the idea that “every subject or genre will contain at least 50…

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Saving the World at Work: A book review by Bob Morris

March 30, 2011

Saving the World at Work: What Companies and Individuals Can Do to Go Beyond Making a Profit to Making a Difference Tim Sanders Crown Business (2008) Note: Here is a review of a book I read when it was first…

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Inside GE talent management: Two invaluable analyses

November 19, 2010

Most executives I know are afflicted by a variation on ADD (what I call “EADD”): their disorder is that they are frequently time-starved and/or attention-starved. For that reason, they welcome having access to the information they need to increase their…

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