Month: November 2019

New Leaders, Make Decisions Slowly

November 8, 2019

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 take on a leadership role, it can…

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Diversity, Inc: A book review by Bob Morris

November 8, 2019

Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business Pamela Newkirk Bold Type Books (October 2019) How and why “a willful negation of our shared humanity” must be eliminated In Judgment Calls, Thomas Davenport and Brooke Manville explain how and…

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How Leaders Can Make Better Use of Feedback

November 7, 2019

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. *     *     * Do you get real value out of feedback? Sometimes…

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Advancing the Common Good: A book review by Bob Morris

November 7, 2019

Advancing the Common Good: Strategies for Businesses, Governments, and Nonprofits Philip Kotler Praeger (September 2019) Why and how all of us must nourish and strengthen “the welfare of humanity and civilization” For several decades, in the classroom as well as…

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Jack Reacher Is Still Restless. But His Creator Has Settled Down.

November 6, 2019

The novelist Lee Child at the Vedauwoo Recreation Area outside Laramie, Wyo., recently. Child, who was born in England, bought a home in the area a couple of years ago, spurred by “an immigrant’s sense that there’s always somewhere else…

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Giving Effective Feedback (20 Minute Manager): A book review by Bob Morrfis

November 6, 2019

Need a briefing on the basics of giving effective feedback? Look no further. Giving Effective Feedback is one of the volumes in the 20 Minute Manager series created by the editors at Harvard Business Review Press. About 90 pages in…

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The Real Business of Blockchain: A book review by Bob Morris

November 5, 2019

The Real Business of Blockchain: How Leaders Can Create Value in a New Digital Age David Furlonger and Christophe Uzureau Harvard Business Review Press (October 2019) Here’s a reliable roadmap for tracking profitable use of a world-changing technology David Furlonger…

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

November 5, 2019

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Scott D. Anthony and Evan I. Schwartz for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription…

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John le Carré Works Out Some Obsessions In “Agent Running In The Field”

November 4, 2019

Here is a brief excerpt from Bethanne Patrick’s review of John le Carré’s latest, Agent Running in the Field, for NPR. To read the complete review, check out other resources, and learn more about NPR, please click here. NPR deserves…

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Coaching an Employee to Solve Problems in New Ways

November 4, 2019

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. *     *     * Sometimes an employee gets stuck while solving a problem.…

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