Month: January 2012

Smile Guide: A book review by Bob Morris

January 20, 2012

Smile Guide: Employee Perspectives on Cullture, Loyalty, and Profit Paul Spiegelman Brown Books Publishing Group (2012) How and why a values-based company can make the world a better place by enhancing the lives of those who work there. Those who…

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How to Take the Stress Out of Giving a Performance Review

January 20, 2012

  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. Which is worse: receiving a performance review, or giving one? At least…

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Strategy Essentials You Ignore at Your Peril

January 19, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Joan Magretta for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please…

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Managing the business risks of open innovation

January 19, 2012

Here is an excerpt from still another outstanding article, written by Oliver Alexy and Markus Reitzig, featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly (January 2012), and published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, obtain information about the firm,…

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Managing the Older Worker: A book review by Bob Morris

January 18, 2012

Managing the Older Worker: How to Prepare for the New Organizational Order Peter Cappelli and Bill Novelli Harvard Business Review Press (2010) A thoughtful and thorough examination of “a neglected dimension of diversity” As is the case of almost every…

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Nine Do’s and Don’ts for Dealing with the Disgruntled

January 18, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rosabeth Moss Kanter for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts,…

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The Creative Habit: A book review by Bob Morris

January 18, 2012

The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life Twyla Tharp Simon & Schuster ((2006) Enjoy the pleasure of her company and the magic of her mind As is my custom when a new year begins, I recently re-read…

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How to Admit You Don’t Know All the Answers

January 17, 2012

  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. Leaders who insist on making all the decisions often find themselves with…

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Hiring for Attitude: A book review by Bob Morris

January 17, 2012

Hiring for Attitude: A Revolutionary Approach to Recruiting Star Performers with Both Tremendous Skills and Super Attitude Mark Murphy McGraw-Hill (2012) With rare exception, attitude determines altitude Long ago, I became convinced that most human limits are self-imposed. This is…

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One Key to Collaboration and Engagement: Selfishness

January 17, 2012

Here is an excerpt from a highly unorthodox, certainly thought-provoking article written by Mike Prokopeak for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officermagazines published…

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