Robert B. Cialdini

HBR at 100: A book review by Bob Morris

July 7, 2022

HBR at 100: The Most Influential and Innovative Articles from Harvard Business Review’s First Century Various Contributors in collaboration with HBR Editor in Chief, Adi Ignatius Harvard Business Review Press (June 2022) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads for New Managers

November 16, 2018

HBR’s 10 Must Reads for New Managers Various Contributors Harvard Business School Press (2017) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”  Theodore Roosevelt The eleven HBR articles assembled in this volume were published…

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Influence: Snapshot of a Business “Classic”

March 3, 2016

Opinions vary as to what defines a “classic” business book. My own opinion is that it offers insights and counsel that are of timeless value. To paraphrase Bernard of Chartres, a 12th century monk, they are those upon whose shoulders…

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Business Adventures: Snapshot of a Business “Classic”

March 2, 2016

Opinions vary as to what defines a “classic” business book. My own opinion is that it offers insights and counsel that are of timeless value. To paraphrase Bernard of Chartres, a 12th century monk, their authors are the shoulders upon…

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The small BIG: A book review by Bob Morris

October 16, 2014

The small BIG: small changes that spark BIG influence Steve J. Martin, Noah J. Goldstein, and Robert B. Cialdini Grand Central Publishing (2014) Why “it is often the smallest changes in approach that make the biggest difference” when it comes…

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HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across: A book review by Bob Morris

June 5, 2013

HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across HBR Editors and Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How and why to manage up to nourish and manage across to connect extensively within and beyond the given enterprise This is one…

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Talk, Inc.: A book review by Bob Morris

June 16, 2012

Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why organizational conversation can – and should – be a new source of organizational power The results…

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The most powerful strategies when beginning a presentation

August 12, 2011

Over the recent years, I have read dozens of excellent books in which their authors offer advice on how to make effective presentations in one form of another (e.g. in-person, teleconferencing, electronically recorded). None offers more and better advice than…

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Most Valuable Business Insights: 16-20

April 4, 2011

After having read and reviewed so many business books, I now share brief comments about what I consider to be the 25 most valuable business insights and the books in which they are either introduced or (one man’s opinion) best…

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Resonate: A book review by Bob Morris

March 16, 2011

Resonate: Present Visual Stories That Transform Audiences Nancy Duarte John Wiley & Sons (2010) How and why to create significant, sincere, and enlightening moments during presentations that “drive the big idea home” Don’t be deterred by the shape of this…

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