Month: March 2023

Level Up to Strategic Data Sharing

March 11, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Barbara H. Wixom, Ina M. Sebastian, Robert W. Gregory, and Gabriele Piccol for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click…

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The Empathy Advantage: A book review by Bob Morris

March 10, 2023

  The Empathy Advantage: Leading the Empowered Workforce Heather E. McGowan and Chris Shipley Wiley (March 2023) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”  Theodore Roosevelt Empathy is the ability to recognize, understand,…

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How Althea Gibson Faced Racial Barriers—Even as a Tennis Champio

March 9, 2023

Here is a “classic” article written by ASHLEY BROWN for the History channel website. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images * * * Between 1956 and…

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Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time

March 9, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article written byTony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy 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…

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Sensitive: A book review by Bob Morris

March 8, 2023

Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World Jenn Granneman & Andre Sólo Harmony (February 2023) How and why highly sensitive people are so valuable…and under-appreciated Here’s a paradox: emotions tend to have…

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Improving the Practice of Management — Then and Now

March 7, 2023

Here is Laura Amico and Amy Bernstein‘s Introduction to HBR at 100: The Most Influential and Innovative Articles from Harvard Business Review’s First Century, a truly extraordinary volume that I urge you to add to your personal business library. *…

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Make Gender Equality a Value, Not a Priority

March 7, 2023

Here is an excerpt from a brief article by Katie Mehnert for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To check out other articles and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Organizations within any industry can take constructive steps…

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COMPLETE: The Baseball Writer: A son goes back to spring training to find his father

March 6, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from a “classic” article by Bill Bryson for The New Yorker (2001). To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Richard Merkin * * * Salty…

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Rising Together: A book review by Bob Morris

March 5, 2023

Rising Together: How We Can Bridge Divides and Create a More Inclusive Workplace Sally Helgesen Hatchette Books (February 2023) How to build cultures of belonging in which personal growth and professional development thrive Many of the “silos” that undermine communication,…

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How Far Do You Want to Go?: A book review by Bob Morris

March 4, 2023

How Far Do You Want to Go? Lessons from a Common-Sense Billionaire John Catsimatidis Matt Holt Books/An Imprint of Ben Bella Books, Inc. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African…

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