Month: July 2022

Set Up to Fail

July 31, 2022

  Here is an excerpt from an article by Kimberly A. Whitler, Ed Tazzia, and Stephen Mann for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Richard Mia/theispot.com…

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Ronald Heifetz on “The harsh realities of effective leadership: when to assert authority and when to lead”

July 30, 2022

The world is in the throes of perpetual and permanent crisis – political, financial, ethical, health. Leadership, says Harvard University’s Ronald Heifetz, is both the problem and solution. It’s dangerous work and there are no easy answers, but it can…

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Golden : A book review by Bob Morris

July 29, 2022

Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise Justin Zorn and Leigh Marz Harper Wave/An imprint of HarperCollins (May 2022) “If speech is of silver, then silence is of gold.” King Solomon As I began to read this…

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“The Last Movie Stars” Is a Festive Canonization of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

July 28, 2022

“The Last Movie Stars” reveals the transformation of the movie industry and the way that Newman and Woodward negotiated the changing terms surrounding the careers of actors. Photograph courtesy Warner Brothers  Here is a brief excerpt of  Richard Brody‘s review…

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Broken to Better: A book review by Bob Morris

July 27, 2022

Broken to Better: 13 Ways Not to Fail at Life and Leadership Michael Kurland Houndstooth Press (July 2022) How to focus firmly on vision, purpose, and core values to “BE BETTER” Whatever their size and nature may be, all organizations…

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Ray Stata on the evolution of the semiconductor industry

July 27, 2022

Here is a brief excerpt from an interview of Ray Stata by Abhijit Mahindroo and Nick Santhanam for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete interview, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription information,…

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Ron Askenas on why why stopping activities is so hard to do in organizations

July 26, 2022

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ron Askenas for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * While…

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Author Talks: Lead like a girl

July 26, 2022

Here is an excerpt from an interview of  Dalia Feldheim by Raju Narisetti for the McKinsey Blog, sponsored by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete interview, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for email…

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The Maker of the Aeron Chair Grapples with Politics and the Pandemic

July 25, 2022

Here is another superb article from David Gelles for The New York Times in which he shares his conversation with Andi Owen. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep-discount subscriptions, please click here. Credit: Emily Rose Bennett for The New York Times…

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A McKinsey “Classic”: The granularity of growth

July 24, 2022

Here is an exerpt from an article rated by readers as one of the most popular ever in The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company and co-authored by Mehrdad Baghai, Sven Smit, and S. Patrick Viguerie. They explain how and why a fine-grained…

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