Month: January 2015

The Art of Social Media: A book review by Bob Morris

January 16, 2015

The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users Guy Kawasaki and Peg Fitzpatrick Portfolio/Penguin Group (2014) How and why mastery of the art and science of social media can rock the world Guy Kawasaki and Peg Fitzpatrick have…

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What Resilience Means, and Why It Matters

January 16, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Andrea Ovans 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 HBR email alerts,…

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Brent Frei (executive chairman and co-founder of Smartsheet.com) in “The Corner Office”

January 16, 2015

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 Brent Frei, executive chairman and…

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Malcolm Gladwell on “Albert O. Hirschman and the power of failure”

January 15, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Malcolm Gladwell for The New Yorker, dated June 24th, 2013 and included among the articles accessible in the magazine’s archive. To read all of this article and check out others, please…

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Top Ten Undergraduate Business Stories of 2014

January 15, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by John A. Byrne and featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * You asked for it – oh, wait, you…

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How to Help Your Team Voice Their Concerns

January 15, 2015

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * No one wants to upset the boss. That’s why it…

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Realizing the power of talented women

January 14, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Michelle Angier and Beth Axelrod for the McKinsey Quarterly (September 2014) published by McKinsey & Company. In 2010, eBay embarked on a journey to bring more women into its top ranks.…

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William McRaven on global terrorism operations around the world

January 14, 2015

Almost three years ago, William McRaven was an admiral in the U.S. Navy and Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (“SOCOM”). He agreed to a conversation with Wolf Blitzer, host of “The Situation Room” on CNN. They discussed the ever expanding…

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The Authenticity Paradox

January 14, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Herminia Ibarra 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 HBR email alerts,…

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Rise to the Top: A book review by Bob Morris

January 13, 2015

Rise To The Top: How Women Leverage Their Professional Persona to Earn More Stacey Hawley Career Press (2015) How to manage the power of others’ perceptions to achieve the given career objectives Authors of books such as this one often…

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