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Hearts Touched with Fire: A book review by Bob Morris

May 12, 2022

Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders Are Made David Gergen Simon & Schuster (May 2022) “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.” Tennyson’s Ulysses As I began to read this book, I was again reminded that…

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Presidential Courage: A book review by Bob Morris

January 6, 2019

Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 Michael Beschloss Simon & Schuster (2008) A crucible unlike any other Not all U.S. Presidents were courageous and not all courageous U.S. Presidents are discussed in this volume. According to Michael…

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Fantasyland: A book review by Bob Morris

November 25, 2017

Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History Kurt Andersen Random House (September 2017) How and why the last five centuries have made the United States susceptible to fantasy and self-delusion All major research studies in neuroscience indicate that people…

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Trumpquake

December 5, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by David Rennie for The Economist in which he shares his thoughts about how and why the aftershocks of a demagogue’s election will reverberate across America and around the world. To…

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What CEOs are reading this summer

July 19, 2016

  Here is an article by the editors of McKinney Quarterly in which they share what leaders of some of the world’s biggest organizations will be reading to keep them occupied in the coming months. The slightly lazier days of…

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Great Motivation Secrets of Great Leaders: A book review by Bob Morris

July 24, 2015

Great Motivation Secrets of Great Leaders John Baldoni McGraw-Hill (2005) “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams Long ago I concluded that one person cannot…

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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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Warren Bennis: Still Surprised…and Fondly Remembered

August 2, 2014

I was saddened to learn of Warren Bennis‘ death this past Thursday in Los Angeles at age 89. The title of his last of several dozen books, Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership, is especially appropriate because,…

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Carmine Gallo: First interview, by Bob Morris

October 25, 2011

Carmine Gallo is the communications coach for the world’s most admired brands. He transforms executives into extraordinary presenters—working directly with the companies that touch your life every day. A former anchor and correspondent for CNN and CBS, he works directly with the world’s top business leaders…

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