Month: March 2011

Have More than One Mentor

March 11, 2011

    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. *     *     * When people think of mentoring, they often think…

Read More

Change the Culture, Change the Game: A book review by Bob Morris

March 11, 2011

Change the Culture, Change the Game: The Breakthrough Strategy for Energizing Your Organization and Creating Accountability for Results Roger Connors and Tom Smith Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2011) A comprehensive, cohesive, and cost-effective methodology to achieve breakthrough results In Leading Change,…

Read More

3 Ways to Become a Talent Magnet

March 10, 2011

    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. *     *     * The most successful businesses often thrive because of…

Read More

Examining Engagement: Are Employees In Love With Your Company?

March 10, 2011

Here is a recent article in the “Industry News” series posted online at Talent Management magazine’s website. To check out all the articles and sign up for a free subscription to Talent Management and/or Chief Learning Officer magazine, please click…

Read More

Chris Zook: An interview by Bob Morris

March 9, 2011

A partner at Bain & Company,  Chris Zook is co-leader of the firm’s Global Strategy Practice. Zook’s work has focused on companies searching for new sources of profitable growth, in a wide range of industries. His published works include Profit…

Read More

Dean R. Spitzer: Interview #1 by Bob Morris

March 9, 2011

Dean R. Spitzer is a leading consultant and researcher in the field of business and performance measurement associated with IBM’s Almaden Services Research group. He has over 30 years of experience in helping individuals and organizations achieve superior performance by…

Read More

Fred Reichheld: An interview by Bob Morris

March 9, 2011

  Fred Reichheld is the author of the book, The Ultimate Question:  Driving Good Profits and True Growth. Acclaimed by business leaders as the “godfather of customer loyalty, Reichheld’s most recent book shows organizations how to achieve organic growth, tell…

Read More

Michael Ray: An interview by Bob Morris

March 9, 2011

  Michael Ray was selected to be the first John G. McCoy-Banc One Corporation Professor of Creativity and Innovation and of Marketing  (Emeritus) at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He is a specialist in new paradigm business, creativity, innovation,…

Read More

James O’Toole: An interview by Bob Morris

March 9, 2011

Until recently, James O’Toole was Research Professor in the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California, and the Mortimer J. Adler Senior Fellow of the Aspen Institute. Currently, he is the Bill Daniels Distinguished Professor in Business…

Read More

Walter Kiechel III: An interview by Bob Morris

March 9, 2011

Kiechel is author of The Lords of Strategy. The book reflects much of what he has learned in three decades of reporting and writing on business, including over 100 interviews—a few stretching over days—for this work alone. In recent years…

Read More