Month: March 2021

Taking a Break Doesn’t Always Mean Unplugging

March 12, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Alexandra Samuel 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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Beyond Burned Out

March 11, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jennifer Moss for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. It is part of HBR‘s The Big Idea Series.To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources,…

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The CEO Test: A book review by Bob Morris

March 10, 2021

The CEO Test: Master the Challenges That Make or Break All Leaders Adam Bryant and Kevin Sharer Harvard Business Review Press (March 2021)  “Champions get up when they can’t.” Jack Dempsey With rare exception, crises do not develop character but…

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The Essential Diversity Mindset: A book review by Bob Morris

March 8, 2021

The Essential Diversity Mindset: How to Cultivate a More Inclusive Culture and Environment Soo Bong Peer Career Press (March 2021) “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.” Martin Luther King, Jr. In ancient Greece, the original meaning…

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How wellbeing improves performance: An interview with Annastiina Hintsa

March 7, 2021

The CEO of Hintsa Performance argues that wellbeing is the foundation of sustainable high performance—not a reward for it. Here is a brief excerpt from one of the interviews within McKinsey & Company’s Leadership Matters series. In this instance, Fleur…

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Why study history?

March 6, 2021

In her bestseller, From These Truths: A History of the United States, Jill Lepore suggests no one can know a nation as far back as 1787, “with or without baby teeth kept in a far. But studying history is like…

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Tom Stoppard, A Life: A book review by Bob Morris

March 5, 2021

Tom Stoppard: A Life Hermione Lee Knopf (February 2021) A lively and rigorous exploration of an enormous life spent in constant motion In his brilliant review of this book for The New York Times, Dwight Garner observes: “Now 83, he’s…

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The Hidden History of Coined Words Review: Saying It Another Way

March 5, 2021

Joseph-Ignace Guillotin demonstrates a model of his guillotine. Inventing words was once thought pretentious. Now it is considered an achievement, though it may still induce ‘coiner’s remorse.’ Here is a brief excerpt from  Henry Hitchings’ review of Ralph Keyes’s The…

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This Book Is Not About Baseball. But Baseball Teams Swear by It.

March 3, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Joe Lemire for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and, obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Tony Cenicola/The New York Times * * *…

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How to turn everyday stress into ‘optimal stress’

March 2, 2021

I am among those who differentiate pressure and stress. Others view them as being essentially the same and focus on what can happen when one or the other is excessive. What do you think? Here is an excerpt from an…

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