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The Leadership Test No One Wants: Delivering Bad News Well

May 2, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nancy Duarte for MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit:    Sergio Ingravalle/Ikon…

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Our Brains, Our Selves: A Book Review by Bob Morris

May 1, 2026

Our Brains, Our Selves: What A Neurologist’s Patients Taught Him About  the Brain Masud Husain Canongate Books (April  2026) “What makes us who we are?” That is one of the basic questions to which Masud Husain responds in this book,…

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What Do You Really Stand For?: A Book Review by Bob Morris

April 30, 2026

What Do You Really Stand For? The One Question That Will Transform Your Work and Life Paul Ingram Harvard Business Review Press (April 2026) “Your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you…

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Learn From Outcomes to Promote Growth

April 29, 2026

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Vladyslav Biloshapka and Oleksiy Osiyevskyy for MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here.…

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Winning with AI: A Book Review by Bob Morris

April 29, 2026

Winning With AI: The 90-Day Blueprint for Success Charlene Li and Katia Walsh Amplify (March 2026) How to maximize the value of AI to your personal growth and professional development Long ago in Future Shock (1970) Alvin Toffler made this…

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Building new businesses: How incumbents use their advantages to accelerate growth

April 27, 2026

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Matt Banholzer, Markus Berger-de León, Ralf Dreischmeier, Ari Libarikian, and Erik Roth for McKinsey Quarterly. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click…

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The Real Secret to Retaining Talent

April 26, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Roger L. Martin for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit:      Sophie…

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Joyful Workplaces: A Book Review by Bob Morris

April 26, 2026

Joyful Workplaces: How People and Systems Create Energy, Resilience, and Results Yolanda Fraction Published Independently (March 2026) ‘No one will care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt As Yolanda Fraction would be among…

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Why Innovation does NOT Need to Be Destruptive

April 24, 2026

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for email alerts, please…

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Managing Up: A Skill Set That Matters Now

April 23, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Phillip G. Clampitt and Bob DeKoch for MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here.Illustration…

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