Month: June 2020

Two Self-Help Classics: A book review by Bob Morris

June 18, 2020

The Game of Life and How to Play It and The Secret Door to Success Florence Scovel Shinn, with an Introduction by Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone/A Wiley Brand (XXXX 2020) “The game of life is about giving and receiving,” for better…

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Make Your Meetings a Safe Space for Honest Conversation

June 18, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Paul Axtell 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…

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Cross-Silo Leadership

June 17, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tiziana CasciaroAmy C. Edmondson, and Sujin Jang 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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Reframe Challenges to Cope with Uncertainty

June 17, 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. *     *     * We are all dealing with unprecedented — and seemingly…

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Change by Design: A book review by Bob Morris

June 17, 2020

Change by Design, Revised and Updated: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation Tim Brown Harvard Business Review Press (2019) Even the best books about change also need to be revised and updated, and by design In A Fiery…

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Keep Your Reader Front of Mind in Your Writing

June 16, 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. *     *     * Strong professional writing is an essential skill for…

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Differences between two authors: Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama

June 16, 2020

In Author in Chief, one of the most interesting books I have read in recent years, Craig Fehrman “tells the story of how, when, and why America’s presidents began writing books — and why Americans have been been so consistently…

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Unleashed: A Book Review by Bob Morris

June 15, 2020

Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader’s Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You Frances Frei and Anne Morriss Harvard Business Review Press (June 2020) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt Robert K. Greenleaf…

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Digital Transformation Comes Down to Talent in 4 Key Areas

June 15, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Thomas H. Davenport and Thomas C. Redman 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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Want to Be More Productive? Try Doing Less.

June 14, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Kate Northrup 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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