Month: September 2014

Monique Valcour on “Crafting Sustainable Careers”

September 8, 2014

Work and Life is a radio program hosted by Stew Friedman, director of the Wharton Work/Life Integration Project, on Sirius XM’s Channel 111, Business Radio Powered by The Wharton School. Every Tuesday at 7:00 PM EST, Stew speaks with everyday…

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Updike: A book review by Bob Morris

September 8, 2014

Updike Adam Begley HarperCollins (2014) “A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror.” Sigmund Freud John Hoyer Updike (1932-2009) is widely considered among the most accomplished U.S. writers during…

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Business Lessons to Be Learned from Leafcutter Ants

September 8, 2014

Evolutionary biologist Edward O. Wilson has spent much of his career studying leafcutter ants. In a book co-authored with Bert Hölldobler,  The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct, he argues that their success is due to division of labor. There are…

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David Brooks on “The Revolt of the Weak”

September 7, 2014

Over the years, I have relied on a few journalists to help me navigate my way through the forces and events that resemble a fog in everyday life. David Brooks is one of them. His mind reminds me of a…

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Larry Fink on “Four Mega-Trends Shaping the World—and What They Mean To You”

September 7, 2014

Here’s a brief excerpt from an article by Larry Fink for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * This week, I wrote a letter to shareholders as part of BlackRock’s…

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Mighty Midsized Companies: A book review by Bob Morris

September 6, 2014

Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers Robert Sher Bibliomotion Books & Media (2014) How midsized companies can achieve and then sustain organizational health The most valuable business books tend to be research-driven and that is certainly…

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Kate Everson on “How to Use Design Thinking to Develop Better Leaders”

September 6, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Kate Everson for Talent Management magazine. Saying, “here’s what we have” rather than “here’s what we need to fix” could be the key to better leadership and higher performance. This story…

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Josh Linkner on “Extend Trust to Earn Trust”

September 5, 2014

Here is an especially interesting blog post by Josh Linkner. Hopefully you have read both or at least one of his two bestsellers, Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity (2011) and The Road to Reinvention: How to…

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Susana Rinderle on “Why Treating Others With Respect and Dignity Doesn’t Work”

September 5, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Susana Rinderle for Talent Management magazine. When giving feedback, follow the Platinum Rule: do unto others as they would have done unto them. To read the complete article, check out all…

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Michael Jordan: A book review by Bob Morris

September 5, 2014

Michael Jordan: A Life Roland Lazenby Little, Brown and Company (2014) A multi-dimensional examination of an exceptionally competitive person, both in sports and in business This is an immensely interesting biography of someone born in 1963 who, at least so…

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