Sydney Finkelstein

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on High Performance: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 25, 2023

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on High Performance Various Contributors and HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (May 2022) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle’s insight refers to organizations as well…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads On High Performance: A book review by Bob Morris

June 7, 2022

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on High Performance Various Contributors and HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (May 2022) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle’s insight refers to organizations as well…

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Don’t Be Blinded by Your Own Expertise

May 10, 2019

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sydney Finkelstein 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 receive HBR email alerts, please click…

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Why a One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Employee Development Doesn’t Work

April 1, 2019

 Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sydney Finkelstein 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 receive HBR email alerts, please click here.…

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How to Establish Trust Before Delegating Big Decisions

February 1, 2017

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * Delegating tasks to employees and then trusting them to make…

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Why Smart Executives Fail: A book review by Bob Morris

February 15, 2016

Why Smart Executives Fail: And What You Can Learn from Their Mistakes Sydney Finkelstein Portfolio/Penguin (2003) First Time, Shame on Them….After That, Shame on You Initially, Finkelstein really didn’t understand, nor did I before reading his book, how and why…

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Superbosses: A book review by Bob Morris

February 11, 2016

Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent Sydney Finkelstein Portfolio/Penguin Random House (2016) Here in a single volume is a “master class in how each of us can make a much greater impact in what we do” In…

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Secrets of the Superbosses

January 15, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sydney Finkelstein 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 receive HBR email alerts,…

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5 Behaviors of the Most Successful Leaders

December 15, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Will Yakowicz for Inc. magazine. He explains how the individual relationships you build has a huge impact on how your entire team performs. To read the complete article, check out others,…

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What Amazing Bosses Do Differently

December 3, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sydney Finkelstein 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 receive HBR email alerts,…

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