Month: April 2020

Conversational Intelligence: A book review by Bob Morris

April 8, 2020

Conversational Intelligence Judith E. Glaser Bibliomotion/Taylor & Wilson Group (2014) What we understand is far greater than what either of us understands. Proceed accordingly. Most experts on communication would probably not rank conversational intelligence as having importance equal to that…

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Nine Awesome Facts About Bird Migration

April 8, 2020

  Here is an article by Jhaneel Lockhart that I really enjoyed reading. * * * Forget the changing leaves and pumpkin-spiced everything. For bird enthusiasts, fall’s big event is spying birds as they pass through on migration. In North…

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Joel Peterson on how to make the right decisions

April 7, 2020

In Entrepreneurial Leadership, Joel Peterson focuses on leaders who “demonstrate a particular mind-set and an approach to problem-solving. They are change agents. They are intentional, staying true to their vision and agenda rather than only reacting to day-to-day turbulence…I’ve come…

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Influencers & Revolutionaries: A book review by Bob Morris

April 7, 2020

Influencers and Revolutionaries: How Innovative Trailblazers, Trends and Catalysts Are Transforming Business Sean Pillot de Chenecey KoganPage (February 2020) How relevance, personalization, and sustainability are the keys to high-impact innovation According to Sean Pillot de Chenecey, there is a “simple…

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Decision making in uncertain times

April 7, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Andrea Alexander , Aaron De Smet, and Leigh Weiss  X for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about…

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The Power of Small Wins

April 6, 2020

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Teresa Amabile and Steven J. Kramer for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information,…

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The Innovation Handbook: A book review by Bob Morris

April 6, 2020

The Innovation Handbook: Tactics for Disruptive Thinking Jeremy Gutsche Fast Company Press (March 2020) “Ready to discover your big idea?” Here’s how to do that. This volume serves as Part 2 of Jeremy Gutsche’s “Create the Future” project as well…

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Cracking the Leadership Code: A book review by Bob Morris

April 5, 2020

Cracking the Leadership Code: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders Alain Hunkins Wiley (March 2020) “Your title identies you as a manager; your people make you a leader.” Donna Dubinsky Although Amazon now offers more than 100,000 books on leadership,…

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Adapt Your Leadership Style to Your Situation

April 5, 2020

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. *     *     * There’s not one leadership style that works for all…

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Solving the “digital and analytics scale-up challenge” in consumer goods

April 4, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ford Halbardier, Brian Henstorf, Robert Levin, and Aldo Rosales for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the…

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