Month: May 2018

Be Transparent When Telling an Employee They Didn’t Get the Promotion  

May 11, 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. * * * It’s hard to tell an employee they didn’t get the…

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Digital Resilience: A book review by Bob Morris

May 10, 2018

Digital Resilience: Is Your Company Ready for the Next Cyber Threat? Ray A. Rothrock AMACOM (April 2018) “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”…

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Managers, Be Respectful to Departing Employees

May 10, 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 one of your employees quits, you may take…

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Sunnie Giles on the new science of Radical Innovation: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

May 9, 2018

Sunnie Giles is a new generation expert on radical innovation who takes the mystery out of what radical innovation is and how to consistently produce it. By combining her unique expertise in advanced neuroscience, complex systems approach, quantum mechanics and…

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Your Strategic Plans Probably Aren’t Strategic, or Even Plans

May 9, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Graham Kenny 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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Five critical skills needed to thrive in the AI Era

May 8, 2018

Yes, this really is the AI Era and I was astonished to learn that, according to Element AI, an independent laboratory in Canada, only 22,000 people worldwide now have the skills needed to do serious artificial intelligence research — about…

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Denise Lee Yohn on the power of organizational fusion: An interview by Bob Morris

May 8, 2018

Denise Lee Yohn is the go-to expert on brand leadership for national media outlets, an in-demand speaker and consultant, and an influential writer. Denise is the author of the bestselling book, What Great Brands Do: The Seven Brand-Building Principles that…

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Business lessons to be learned from a business giant: Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919)

May 7, 2018

In the latest volume of his 50 Classics series, Tom Butler-Bowdon provides what he characterizes as “a mix of intriguing theories, real-life examples, and salutary stories aimed at getting you thinking more deeply about business. From genuine historical classics that…

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Amazon’s Alexa – your next Chief Talent Officer?

May 7, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Carla Arellano, Scott Keller and Kelli Moles for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm,…

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During a Difficult Conversation, Own Your Perspective

May 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 and a coworker are discussing a conflict you’ve…

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