Month: July 2016

Put Your Intuition to Work: A book review by Bob Morris

July 12, 2016

Put Your Intuition to Work: How to Supercharge Your Inner Wisdom to Think Fast and Make Great Decisions Lynn A. Robinson Career Press (July 2016) “Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, film making, and business – everything.” David…

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Get the Crowd to Weigh In on Strategic Decisions

July 12, 2016

  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. * * * In most organizations authority for the most important strategic…

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Warren Buffett’s Proposed Congressional Reforms

July 11, 2016

Warren Buffett once told CNBC: “I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for…

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The Ideal Team Player: A book review by Bob Morris

July 11, 2016

The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate the Three Essential Virtues Patrick Lencioni Jossey-Bass/An Imprint of John Wiley & Sons (June 1026) How and why teamwork remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and…

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Five Tips to Help Lead Your Team to Greatness

July 10, 2016

In Team Genius: The New Science of High-Performing Organizations, one of Rich Karlgaard and Michael Malone’s key insights is that work really gets done by informal teams rather than by standing committees or groups assigned to formal projects of finite…

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Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner on becoming “the best leader you can be”

July 10, 2016

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” Alvin Toffler “Are leaders born or made?” My answer is yes. I’ve stopped counting the number of…

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Patrick Lencioni on why teams fail

July 9, 2016

In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, Patrick Lencioni focuses on these troublemakers: 1. Absence of Trust: The fear of being vulnerable with team members prevents the building of trust within the team. 2. Fear of Conflict:…

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5 Habits to Lead from Your Heart: A book review by Bob Morris

July 9, 2016

5 Habits to Lead from Your Heart: Getting Out of Your Head to Express Your Heart Johnny Covey Made for Success Publishing (June 2016) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle…

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Karin Hurt and David Dye on “Winning Well”: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

July 8, 2016

As a keynote speaker, leadership consultant, and MBA professor, Karin Hurt helps leaders improve business results by building deeper trust and connection. A former Verizon Wireless executive, she has over two decades of experience in sales, marketing, customer service, and…

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The Art of Startup Fundraising: A book review by Bob Morris

July 8, 2016

The Art of Startup Fundraising: Pitching Investors, Negotiating the Deal, and Everything Else Entrepreneurs Need to Know Alejandro Cremades John Wiley & Sons (2016) “You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as…

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