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Deconstructing Executive Presence

October 2, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Beeson 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 alerts, please click here. *…

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The Boundaryless Organization: A book review by Bob Morris

July 19, 2011

The Boundaryless Organization: Breaking the Chains of Organization Structure, Revised and Updated Ron Ashkenas, Dave Ulrich, Todd Jick, and Steve Kerr Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Sons (2002) Yes and No The title is a misnomer: Although the authors do indeed suggest…

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Common Purpose: A book review by Bob Morris

July 7, 2011

Common Purpose: How Great Leaders Get Organizations to Achieve the Extraordinary Joel Kurtzman Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Sons (2010) “Organizations themselves are mindless, so if people don’t repair them, no one will.” Regrettably, the old rules of employment have created in…

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Brand Relevance: A book review by Bob Morris

July 6, 2011

Brand Relevance: Making Competitors Irrelevant David A. Aaker Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Sons (2011) If your “brand” isn’t relevant, neither are you and your company Those who have read any of David Aaker’s previous books already know that he presents information,…

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Open Services Innovation: A book review by Henry Chesbrough

July 4, 2011

Open Services Innovation: Rethinking Your Business to Grow and Compete in a New Era Henry Chesbrough Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Sons (2011) How to grow, compete, and succeed in a services era In his previous articles and books (notably Open Innovation…

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