McGraw-Hill Education

The Execution Factor: A book review by Bob Morris

January 31, 2022

The Execution Factor: The One Skill That Drives Success Kim Perell McGraw-Hill Education (September 2018) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison Leaders in any organization — whatever its size and nature may be — would be well-advised to keep…

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Flat, Fluid, and Fast: A book review by Bob Morris

January 31, 2020

Flat, Fluid, and Fast: Harness the Talent Mobility Revolution to Drive Employee Engagement, Accelerate Innovation, and Unleash Growth Brynne Kennedy McGraw Hill Education (2019) What — if anything — do you know about the Talent Mobility Revolution? According to Brynne…

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Success Is in Your Sphere: A book review by Bob Morris

May 30, 2019

Success Is in Your Sphere: Leverage the Power of Relationships to Achieve Your Business Goals Zvi Band McGraw-Hill Education (May 2019) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”  African proverb What…

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How We Make Stuff Now: A book review by Bob Morris

May 7, 2019

How We Make Stuff Now: Turn Ideas into Products That Build Successful Businesses Jules Pieri McGraw-Hill Education (April 2019) How to evaluate a potential product or service, then identify market opportunities for it Most ideas about new products or services…

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Great Mondays: A book review by Bob Morris

March 20, 2019

Great Mondays: How to Design a Company Culture Employees Love Josh Levine McGraw-Hill Education (March 2019) “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”  Peter Drucker I selected the observation by Peter Drucker because it suggests the power that a workplace culture can…

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Legacy in the Making: A book review by Bob Morris

December 10, 2018

Legacy in the Making: Building a Long-Term Brand to Stand Out in a Short-Term World Mark Miller and Lucas Conley McGraw-Hill Education (March 2018) Why and how to build a brand “through the lens of legacy” that can still have…

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The Execution Factor: A book review by Bob Morris

November 25, 2018

The Execution Factor: The One Skill That Drives Success Kim Perell McGraw-Hill Education (September 2018) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison Leaders in any organization — whatever its size and nature may be — would be well-advised to keep…

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Transforming Nokia: A book review by Bob Morris

November 2, 2018

Transforming Nokia: The Power of Paranoid Optimism to Lead Through Colossal Change Risto Siilasmaa with Catherine Fredman McGraw-Hill Education (October 2018) “Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.” Andy Grove In this book, written with Catherine Fredman, Risto…

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Powered by Storytelling: A book review by Bob Morris

May 12, 2018

Powered by Storytelling: Excavate, Craft, and Present Stories to Transform Business Communication Murray Nossel McGraw-Hill Education (April 2018) How listening/storytelling can help people to “navigate conflict, resolve disagreements, and avoid emotional outbursts” Throughout history, almost all of the greatest leaders…

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Thinkers50 Management: A book review by Morris

May 23, 2017

Thinkers50 Management: Cutting-Edge Thinking to Engage and Motivate Your Employees for Success Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove McGraw-Hill Education (2014) Which concepts are the central focus of today’s cutting age thinking about management? This is one of the volumes in…

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