Month: September 2017

David Harder on employee engagement: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

September 24, 2017

In 1990, David Harder founded Inspired Work, dedicated to helping individuals transform their relationship to work. Today, Inspired Work has over 43,000 graduates from all walks of life. Harder has served as a change agent in a wide variety of…

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Take Notes in Your Meeting to Be a Better Listener

September 24, 2017

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. * * * Nothing derails a meeting faster than people speaking just to…

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Jon Meacham discusses his biography of George H.W. Bush

September 23, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an interview of Jon Meacham by Kevin Nance for the Chicago Tribune. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * In the ranks of top biographers of…

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Five new truths about zero-based budgeting

September 23, 2017

There are five new myths and realities that illustrate how the potential of zero-based budgeting has grown…and improved. Here is a brief excerpt from an article about those myths written by Kyle Hawke, Matt Jochim, Carey Mignerey, and Allison Watson…

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Mary Dearborn on Ernest Hemingway: An interview by Bob Morris

September 22, 2017

Mary Dearborn is the author of six books: Mistress of Modernism: The Life of Peggy Guggenheim (2006), Queen of Bohemia: The Life of Louise Bryant (1996), and Mailer: A Biography (1991). Her latest book, Ernest Hemingway: A Biography was published…

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APIs: Leverage For Digital Transformation

September 22, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an excellent article by John Rethans for Forbes magazine. He explains how an API (application programming interface) can help to achieve the success of an organizational transformation. To read the complete article, check out…

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Choose the Right Place to Have a Sensitive Discussion

September 22, 2017

  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. * * * When you’re trying to resolve a conflict with a…

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Leading Effectively When You Inherit a Mess

September 21, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ron Carucci 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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David S. Schwartz (CEO of Restaurant Brands International) in “The Corner Office”

September 21, 2017

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 David S. Schwartz, CEO of…

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The Wit and Wisdom of Michael Gelb

September 20, 2017

I am grateful to Monique Muhlenkamp (New World Library Publishers) for providing a Q&A in which Michael Gelb shares his thoughts about a remarkably diverse range of subjects. * * * Michael J. Gelb is the author most recently of…

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