Month: January 2015

Targeted: A book review by Bob Morris

January 21, 2015

Targeted: How Technology Is Revolutionizing Advertising and the Way Companies Reach Consumers Mike Smith AMACOM (2015) A brilliant analysis of the breakthrough technologies that have helped drive advances in digital advertising Since the markets in ancient Athens and then Rome,…

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Peter Drucker on “Effective Leaders”

January 20, 2015

In A Year with Peter Drucker: 52 Weeks of Coaching for Leadership Effectiveness, Joseph A. Maciariello provides the thematic equivalent of a calendar year of personal supervision by Peter Drucker to each person who reads this book. He is now…

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Coach to Coach: A book review by Bob Morris

January 20, 2015

Coach to Coach: Emotional Intelligence and Leadership for Winning Coaches Sara C. Smith Starfish Publishing (2014) Great coaches have a “green thumb” to “grow” people I have known Sara Smith for several years and consider her to be among the…

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The Georgetown Set: A book review by Bob Morris

January 20, 2015

The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington Gregg Herken Alfred A. Knopf (2014) “The hand that mixes the Georgetown martini is time and again the hand that guides the destiny of the Western world.” Henry Kissinger. As…

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What’s Your Story?

January 19, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Herminia Ibarra and Kent Lineback for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive…

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Band of Giants: A book review by Bob Morris

January 19, 2015

Band of Giants: The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America’s Independence Jack Kelly Palgrave Macmillan (2014) A brilliant analysis of the “founding amateur warriors” who contributed so much to winning America’s independence Whenever appropriate, I read two or three books in…

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Silicon Valley Turns Its Eye to Education

January 18, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Natasha Singer for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * The education technology business is chock-full…

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Overcoming Rejection

January 18, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Tony J. Hughes and featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * “No one can make you feel inferior without…

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Procrastinating? 3 Ways to Find Motivation for Your Work

January 17, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Katya Andresen and featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * Is the fire in the belly you once felt…

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Kip Tindell: An interview by Bob Morris

January 17, 2015

The year was 1978. Jimmy Carter was President of the United States. The Bee Gees topped the charts with Stayin’ Alive. The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl. And on July 1, The Container Store opened…

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