Month: January 2018

Always Negotiate Your Salary (Even If It’s Your First Job)

January 6, 2018

  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 get your first job offer,…

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Jeffrey Bussgang on Entering StartUpLand: An interview by Bob Morris

January 5, 2018

Jeffrey Bussgang is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur and entrepreneurship professor at Harvard Business School (HBS). His venture capital firm, Flybridge Capital Partners, has over $600 million under management and made investments in over 100 technology-focused startups since inception over fifteen…

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Help Your Employees Feel Less Lonely at Work

January 5, 2018

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. *     *     * More and more people are feeling tired and…

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HBR 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness: A book review by Bob Morris

January 4, 2018

HBR 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness: A book review by Bob Morris HBR Editions & Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2017) How those who possess the right stuff can accelerate their personal growth and professional development This is…

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Why it’s so important to nourish a child’s curiosity

January 4, 2018

In Draft No. 4, John McPhee shares what he has learned about the process of writing. Thus far, he has created 32 volumes of general non-fiction, all published by Farrar Strauss Giroux, and hundreds of articles for Time magazine, then…

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14 amazing and lesser known historical facts

January 3, 2018

While surfing recently, I came upon a website that was new to me: One Minute List. Here is one of its several dozen lists: 1. The shortest war, The Anglo-Zanzibar war (1896) on record lasted for 38 minutes. 2. Saddam…

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The Power of Collaboration: A book review by Bob Morris

January 3, 2018

The Power of Collaboration: Powerful Insights from Silicon Valley to Successfully Grow Groups, Strengthen Alliances, and Boost Team Potential Thea Singer Spitzer Career Press (December 2017) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far,…

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What do you think?

January 2, 2018

  During the recent holiday season, I re-examined the book reviews, interviews, and commentaries I posted in 2017. Now another calendar year has begun and I am eager to receive any comments, suggestions, and/or questions you may have. How helpful…

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