Month: May 2013

Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 5/6/13)

May 12, 2013

  I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die Eric Siegel Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams: How…

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5 signs a workplace is family-friendly

May 11, 2013

Here is an article written by Amy Levin-Epstein for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. Here is an article written by Amy Levin-Epstein for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. The happiest workers tend to be the most…

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Why Ken Robinson is so important

May 11, 2013

Why don’t we get the best out of people? Sir Ken Robinson argues that it’s because we’ve been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. Students with restless minds and bodies — far from being cultivated for their…

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Reut Schwartz Hebron on “How to Use Brain Science to Drive Change”

May 10, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Reut Schwartz Hebron for Talent Management magazine. To read the complete article, check out all the resources, and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer…

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Fear Your Strengths: A book review by Bob Morris

May 10, 2013

Fear Your Strengths: What You Are Best at Could Be Your Biggest Problem Robert Kaplan and Robert Kaiser Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2013) Actually, what we should fear are complacency and self-satisfaction as well as the assumption that “just good enough” really…

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Three Rules for Making a Company Truly Great

May 10, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael E. Raynor and Mumtaz Ahmed for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for…

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The Q-Loop : A book review by Bob Morris

May 10, 2013

The Q-Loop: The Art & Science of Lasting Corporate Change Brian Klapper bibliomotion (2013) Here is a queue for achieving and then sustaining organizational excellence In every organization, whatever its size and nature may be, there are people who directly…

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Amy Jen Su and Muriel Maignan Wilkins

May 9, 2013

Amy Jen Su, managing partner and co-founder of Isis Associates, is an executive coach and speaker on issues of leadership presence and executive endurance that make a difference to a leader’s performance success. She has a proven track record helping…

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Laura Vanderkam on “What great coaches do — and leaders should, too”

May 9, 2013

Here is an article written by Laura Vanderkam for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the website’s newsletters, please click here.…

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Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams: A book review by Bob Morris

May 9, 2013

Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams: How You and Your Team Get Unstuck to Get Results Roger Schwarz Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2013) “Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.” Kenyan Proverb The last time I checked, Amazon offers 52,820 books for sale in…

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