Michael S. Malone

HBR Guide to Leading Teams

May 24, 2022

HBR Guide to Leading Teams Mary Shapiro Harvard Business Review Press (2015) “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams Note: The material in this volume…

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The Autonomous Revolution: A book review by Bob Morris

March 24, 2020

The Autonomous Revolution: Reclaiming the Future We’ve Sold to Machines William Davidow and Michael S. Malone Berrett-Koehler Publishers (February 2020) Changes each day “are transforming the terms of life for billions in every corner of the world.” in the Introduction,…

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Extreme Teams: A book review by Bob Morris

February 24, 2017

Extreme Teams: Why Pixar, Netflix, Airbnb, and Other Cutting-Edge Companies Succeed Where Most Fail Robert Bruce Shaw AMACOM (January 2017) “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that…

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Patrick Lencioni on why teams fail

July 9, 2016

In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, Patrick Lencioni focuses on these troublemakers: 1. Absence of Trust: The fear of being vulnerable with team members prevents the building of trust within the team. 2. Fear of Conflict:…

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Collaboration Begins with You: A book review by Bob Morris

November 16, 2015

Collaboration Begins with You: Be a Silo Buster Ken Blanchard, Jane Ripley, and Eunice Parisi-Carew Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2015) “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Pogo the Possum In Collaboration: How Leaders Avoid the Traps, Build Common Ground,…

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HBR Guide to Leading Teams: A book review by Bob Morris

August 27, 2015

HBR Guide to Leading Teams Mary Shapiro Harvard Business Review Press (2015) “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams Most of the volumes in the…

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Eight Ways to Build High-Impact Collaborative Teams

August 20, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Lynda Gratton and Tamara J. Erickson 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…

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Building a Winning Political Team

July 17, 2015

Above: Ronald Reagan and his presidential-campaign chairman, William Casey, in June 1980. Ronald Reagan knew how to do it. So did Bill Clinton. Their secret? They ignored the conventional wisdom. Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by…

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The “Six Ds of Exponential Development”

January 28, 2015

In Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World, Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler have much of value to share on the subject of exponential thinking. That is, think in terms of compounding or doubling (1,…

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The Unique Challenges of Exponential Leadership

January 10, 2015

The term “exponential” refers to a sequence or process by which desirable results are achieved. As Salim Ismail explains in his eponymous book, written with Michael S. Malone and Yuri van Geest, an exponential organization (ExO) “is one whose impact…

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