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The Four Intelligences of the Business Mind: A book review by Bob Morris

April 22, 2015

The Four Intelligences of the Business Mind: How to Rewire Your Brain and Your Business for Success Valeh Nazemoff with Erik Hille CA Press (23014) Four areas in which business leaders need to declutter, simplify, collaborate, communicate, and strategize better…

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What does a healthy company look like?

August 30, 2014

Based on everything I have experienced, observed, and learned over the years, here’s what I think a healthy company looks like: o First-Person Plural Pronouns: Everyone thinks in terms of “serving our customers,” “what we can accomplish working together, ”…

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Performance Appraisals: Do’s & Don’ts

May 8, 2012

People deeply dislike performance appraisals – receiving them as well as giving them –and think they are fundamentally flawed, yet they are ingrained management processes in most organizations in one form or another. While many leaders – including those in HR – would like to abandon…

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Sustainability: Do’s & Don’ts

February 15, 2012

As Jeremy Hope and Steve Player explain in Beyond Performance Measurement: Why, When, and How to use 40 Tools and Best Practices for Superior Business Performance, sustainability is not a passing fad. “Nor is it a public relations exercise. It…

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Stretch Goals: Do’s & Don’ts

January 26, 2012

In Built to Last, Jim Collins and Jerry Porras urge business leaders to set what they characterize as BHAGs: Big Hairy Audacious Goals. That is, an “audacious 10-to-30-year goal to progress toward an envisioned future.” A true BHAG is clear…

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The Story of American Business: A book review by Bob Morris

August 12, 2011

The Story of American Business: From the Pages of the New York Times Nancy F. Koehn, Editor Harvard Business Press (2009) The Who, What, When, How, and Why of U.S. Free Enterprise Credit Nancy Koehn with skillfully selecting, organizing, and…

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