Month: August 2014

Jeff Weiner on “Three Musts to Retaining Superstar Talent”

August 21, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Jeff Weiner for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * In a previous post, I wrote…

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Independence: A book review by Bob Morris

August 21, 2014

Independence: The Tangled Roots of the American Revolution Thomas P. Slaughter Hill & Wang/A Division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2014) A comprehensive response to John Adams’ question, “What do we mean by revolution?” The question posed by Adams in…

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Money & Power: Another “must read” for busy executives

August 20, 2014

Too busy to read books? Here’s a direct link to valuable advice from Tim Ferris who explains how to read 300% faster in only 20 minutes. Meanwhile, busy as you no doubt are, you also need to check out Money…

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Barney Harford (CEO of Orbitz) in “The Corner Office”

August 20, 2014

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Barney Harford, CEO of Orbitz,…

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A Literary Education and Other Essays: A book review

August 20, 2014

A Literary Education and Other Essays Joseph Epstein Axios Press (2014) Compelling, eloquent evidence of one writer’s education: “First reality, then ideas” I have read most of Joseph Epstein’s collections of essays dating back to Divorced in America: Marriage in…

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Michael Nanfito: An interview by Bob Morris

August 19, 2014

Michael Nanfito is the executive director at the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE). Mr. Nanfito sets the vision and strategic direction for NITLE, working closely the member community. He has a background in networked information resources and…

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What it means to be a human being

August 19, 2014

Opinions are divided as to what it means to be a human being. Here are several perspectives that are of special interest and value to me: “The satisfactions of manifesting oneself concretely in the world through manual competence have been…

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Using Experience to Develop Leadership Talent: A book review by Bob Morris

August 19, 2014

Using Experience to Develop Leadership Talent: How Organizations Leverage On-the-Job Development Cynthia McCauley and Morgan McCall, Co-Editors Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Brand (2014) How and why knowledge shared with others can have almost incalculable value to everyone involved This is a substantial…

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Daniel J. Levitin: “Hit the Reset Button in Your Brain”

August 18, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by <strong>Dan Levitin</strong> for <em>The New York Times</em> during which he offers some excellent advice on how to do less, do it slower with less stress, and accomplish more that is better.…

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A Brief Interview of Garrison Keillor

August 18, 2014

Here is a brief interview of Garrison Keillor that was featured in The New York Times. The host of A Prairie Home Companion and the author, most recently, of The Keillor Reader collects hymnals, phrase books and tales of heroic collies.…

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