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The Leap to Leader: A book review by Bob Morris

July 20, 2023

“The Leap to Leader: How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership Adam Bryant Harvard Business Review Press (July 2023) “If you think the frying pan is too hot, try the fire.” Maude Frickert In recent years, Adam Bryant has…

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The Long Game: A book review by Bob Morris

September 29, 2021

The Long Game: How to be a long-term thinker in a short-term world Dorie Clark Harvard Business Review Press (September 2021) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb I…

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Cracking the Leadership Code: A book review by Bob Morris

April 5, 2020

Cracking the Leadership Code: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders Alain Hunkins Wiley (March 2020) “Your title identies you as a manager; your people make you a leader.” Donna Dubinsky Although Amazon now offers more than 100,000 books on leadership,…

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Leadership Wisdom: A book review by Bob Morris

March 7, 2018

Leadership Wisdom: Lessons from Poetry, Prose, and Curious Verse Bob Vanourek Motivational Press (2016) Don’t try to find the “right” answers unless and until you first know which questions to ask Those who aspire to lead others must embark on…

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Simon Sinek on why a purpose-driven life is the only one worth living

September 21, 2016

All leaders have many responsibilities and one of the most important is to establish or nourish a workplace culture within which personal growth and professional development are most likely to thrive. In his latest book, Together Is Better: A Little…

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The Purpose Effect: A book review by Bob Morris

May 17, 2016

The Purpose Effect: Building Meaning in Yourself, Your Role and Your Organization Dan Pontefract Elevate Publishing (May 2016) Faber est suae quisque fortunae Those who have read Dan Pontefract’s previous book, Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization, already…

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The Elephant in the Boardroom: A book review by Bob Morris

October 30, 2015

The Elephant in the Boardroom: How Leaders Use and Manage Conflict to Reach Greater Levels of Success Edgar Papke Career Press (2015) How and why great leaders embrace conflict as an opportunity rather than view it as a peril In…

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The Optimistic Workplace: A book review by Bob Morris

October 29, 2015

The Optimistic Workplace: Creating an Environment That Energizes Everyone Shawn Murphy AMACOM (2015) How and why optimism energizes a workplace culture so that personal growth and professional development can thrive Long ago, Henry Ford suggested, “Whether you think you can…

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Leadership BS: A book review by Bob Morris

October 8, 2015

Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time Jeffrey Pfeffer HarperBusiness (September 2015) How to eliminate “too many leadership failures, too many career derailments, and too many toxic workplaces” In Jeffrey Pfeffer’s latest book, he shares his…

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Dare to Serve: A book review by Bob Morris

April 14, 2015

Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others Cheryl Bachelder Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2015) “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” Helen Keller In Jason Jennings’ latest book, The High-Speed Company, he draws upon 11,000 interviews of…

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