Month: March 2012

Are Women Better Leaders than Men?

March 23, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman 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…

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Power Questions: A book review by Bob Morris

March 23, 2012

Power Questions: Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others Andrew Sobel and Jerold Panas John Wiley & Sons (2011) If you don’t know the right questions to ask and how/when to ask them, you’ll never find the right answers.…

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Centered leadership: How talented women thrive

March 22, 2012

Centered leadership: How talented women thriveHere is an excerpt from another outstanding article featured by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. It was co-authored by Joanna Barsh, Susie Cranston, and Rebecca A. Craske. Granted, this article appeared in…

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Consumer Shift: A book review by Bob Morris

March 22, 2012

Consumer Shift: How Changing Values Are Reshaping the Consumer Landscape Andy Hines No Limit Publishing (2011) Here’s a GPS for those who now explore the consumer landscape I agree with Andy Hines that “changing values are reshaping the consumer landscape”…

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Tribal Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

March 21, 2012

Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization Dave Logan, John King & Halee Fischer-Wright HarperBusiness (2008) How and why “workplace tribes” in almost any organization can develop the leaders needed at all levels and in all areas…

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Frank Moss: An interview by Bob Morris

March 21, 2012

An entrepreneur and veteran of the computer industry, Frank Moss spent his career bringing innovative technologies to market. Ten years ago he set out to make a broader contribution to the world, leading him to cofound a cancer drug discovery company and then to the…

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Three Steps to a Compelling Message

March 21, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by George Bradt and featured by the Forbes magazine website. To read the complete article, please click here. *     *     * Compelling messages rarely appear out of thin air. Messages that make a real…

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An invitation from Marshall Goldsmith to interact with Patrick Lencione

March 20, 2012

I just received this introduction from Marshall Goldsmith and Patricia Wheeler and thought you may be interested. Here are the details. *     *     * Marshall Goldsmith and Patricia Wheeler invite you to a 
Thought Leader Teleforum
on Wednesday March 28th at noon…

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Why Women Mean Business: A book review by Bob Morris

March 20, 2012

Why Women Mean Business: Understanding the Emergence of Our Next Economic Revolution Avivah Wittenberg-Cox and Alison Maitland Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2008) How and why companies that are “gender bilingual” are the most highly-admired, best to work for…and the most profitable…

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Why You Should Compete To Be Unique, Not the Best

March 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. *     *     * Most companies want to be the best at what…

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