Robert Steven Kaplan

HBR Guide to Your Professional Growth: A book review by Bob Morris

May 6, 2019

HBR Guide to Your Professional Growth Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (April 2019) If you don’t care about your personal and professional growth, why should anyone else? As you probably know already, most of the volumes in the “HBR…

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What You Really Need to Lead: A book review by Bob Morris

September 29, 2015

What You Really Need to Lead: The Power of Thinking and Acting Like an Owner Robert Steven Kaplan Harvard Business Review Press 2015) To paraphrase Henry Ford, “Whether you think you can be an effective leader or think you can’t,…

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Robert Steven Kaplan: An interview by Bob Morris

June 25, 2013

Robert Steven Kaplan is the Martin Marshall Professor of Management Practice and Senior Associate Dean at Harvard Business School. He is also and co-chairman of Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, a global venture philanthropy firm. Prior to joining Harvard Business School…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 5/20/13)

May 27, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Breaking Out: How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas John Butman What You’re Really Meant to Do: A…

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What You’re Really Meant to Do: A book review by Bob Morris

May 24, 2013

What You’re Really Meant to Do: A Roadmap for Reaching Your Unique Potential Robert Steven Kaplan Harvard Business Review Press (2013) To paraphrase Walt Whitman, “We are large, we contain multitudes.” Self-improvement initiatives or, if you prefer, self-fulfillment or self-actualization…

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What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: A book review by Bob Morris

October 17, 2011

What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential Robert Steven Kaplan Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How and why framing the right questions can help aspiring leaders to…

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Top executives need feedback—here’s how they can get it

October 11, 2011

Here is an excerpt from another outstanding article written by Robert Steven Kaplan and made available by The McKinsey Quarterly at its website. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and sign up for free email alerts, please…

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