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The Unlocked Leader: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 4, 2023

The Unlocked Leader: Dare to Free Your Own Voice, Lead with Empathy, and Shine Your Light in the World Hortense Le Gentil with Caroline Lambert Wiley (September 2023) “I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage…

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Brad McLain on designing transforming experiences: An interview by Bob Morris

July 9, 2023

Brad McLain is a social scientist interested in the nature and psychology of identity development, learning, and leadership. He is the Director of the Center for STEM Learning at the University of Colorado Boulder, and Director of Corporate Research at…

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Michael Lenox on Mastering Digital Transformation: An Interview by Bob Morris

June 19, 2023

Michael Lenox‘s latest book is Strategy in the Digital World, published by Stanford Business Books. He is also the co-author of The Decarbonization Imperative and Can Business Save the Earth?. He is the Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business Administration and…

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Allen Adamson on “Seeing the How”: An interview by Bob Morris

June 11, 2023

Allen P. Adamson is a noted expert in all disciplines of branding. He has worked with a broad spectrum of consumer and B2B businesses in industries from packaged goods to hospitality, technology to healthcare. His previous books, including BrandSimple and, more recently, Shift…

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Philip Kotler: A synoptic interview by Bob Morris

June 8, 2022

Philip Kotler is Professor Emeritus of Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management, where he held the S.C. Johnson & Son Professorship of International Marketing. Kellogg was consistently voted one of the top five business schools in Business Week‘s survey…

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HBR Guide to Being a Great Boss : A book review by Bob Morris

May 7, 2022

HBR Guide to Being a Great Boss Various Contributors in Collaboration with HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (January 2022) Your title may be impressive but your people will determine whether or not you are a great boss This is…

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Connectable: A book review by Bob Morris

March 6, 2022

Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams from Isolated to All In Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen McGraw Hill (March 2022) The power and impact of thinking in terms of first-person PLURAL pronouns Why did Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van…

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Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: A book review by Bob Morris

February 2, 2022

Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: How to Use Your Own Stories to Communicate with Power and Impact Annette Simmons AMACOM (May 2015) How to “lay the groundwork for using stories as credible tools” to “adjust the perceptions your stories…

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Peter F. Drucker on Management Essentials: A book review by Bob Morris

June 8, 2021

Peter F. Drucker on Management Essentials, Peter F. Drucker, Harvard Business Review Press, “So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work”, Drucker’s widely quoted comment helps to explain why so many organizations…

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Andrew Temte on Balancing Volatile Priorities: An interview by Bob Morris

May 16, 2021

Dr. Andrew Temte, CFA, is President and Global Head of Corporate Learning at Kaplan North America and former CEO of Kaplan Professional. A thought leader on issues related to workforce reskilling and upskilling, he is the author of Balancing Act:…

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