Month: January 2013

Taking Flight: A book review by Bob Morris

January 11, 2013

Taking Flight!: Master the DISC Styles to Transform Your Career, Your Relationships…Your Life Merrick Rosenberg and Daniel Silvert FT Press/Pearson Group (2012) Birdseye views on how to transform individual people as well as the relationships and organizations they share The…

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Jason Fried on managing conflict

January 10, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jason Fried for Inc. magazine. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and/or subscribe to the magazine, please click here. *     *     * At a…

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According to Peter Bregman, “If you want to be original, start from a different box.”

January 10, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Peter Bregman for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out other articles and resources, and/or sign up for a free subscription to Harvard Business Review’s Daily Alerts, please click here. *    …

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Infectious: A book review by Bob Morris

January 10, 2013

Infectious: How to Connect Deeply and Unleash the Energetic Leader Within Achim Nowak Allworth Press (2013) How to forge and then sustain mutually beneficial relationships at different levels of communication Never before (at least that I can remember) were communication…

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Sylvia Ann Hewett on “How to Keep Top Talent”

January 9, 2013

In Top Talent: Keeping Performance Up When Business Is Down (Harvard Business Press, 2009), Sylvia Ann Hewett offers a wealth of eminently practical advice. Here are four brief excerpts: “The best way to keep your prized people engaged is to…

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How to Write a Novel [or Almost Anything Else] Using the Snowflake Method

January 9, 2013

Here is a brief article written Maryelser Kinmore for eHow.com: Discover the expert in you. What intrigues me about the process she explains is that, with only minor modifications, it can also be used to write almost anything else: book…

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LEADERSHIP: A Master Class

January 9, 2013

I have just learned about a new series of DVD programs, produced by More Than Sound, and hosted by Daniel Goleman. The video collection also includes a bonus interview with Peter Senge, Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Sustainability at the MIT Sloan…

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Andrew Winston on “The Competing Black Swans of Sustainability”

January 9, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Andrew Winston for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out other articles and resources, and/or sign up for a free subscription to Harvard Business Review’s Daily Alerts, please click here. *    …

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Your Best Just Got Better: A book review by Bob Morris

January 8, 2013

Your Best Just Got Better: Work Smarter, Think Bigger, Make More Jason W. Womack John S. Wiley & Sons (2012) How and why taking “Baby steps” can lead to giant achievements In the film What About Bob (1991), Richard Dreyfuss…

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Joey Reiman: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

January 8, 2013

Joey Reiman is CEO and founder of BrightHouse. Over the past 25 years, Joey has worked with leadership at The Coca-Cola Company, Procter & Gamble, McDonald’s and Newell Rubbermaid, and has emerged as one of the nation’s foremost visionaries and…

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