Month: June 2023

What’s the Deal With Adulthood? 25 Years Later, ‘Seinfeld’ Feels Revelatory.

June 7, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Maya Salam for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check ot others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Joseph Del Valle/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal, via Getty Images…

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What you may not already know about James Earl Jones

June 7, 2023

James Earl Jones is an American actor. He has been described as “one of America’s most distinguished and versatile” actors for his performances on stage and screen, and “one of the greatest actors in American history.” Born: January 17, 1931 (age…

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How Can I Field a Winning Team Without All-Star Players?

June 5, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Sanyin Siang for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Leadership roles come with new personal…

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The Story of the First Sherpa to Climb to the Top of Mt. Everest

June 5, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from a classic article in The New Yorker, written by Christopher Rand and published May 28, 1954. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about subscription rates, please click here. Photo…

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The Best Leaders Have a Contagious Energy

June 5, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Emma Seppälä and Kim Cameron 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…

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How to implement irganizational change

June 5, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from the transcript of a podcast sponsored by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription information, and register to receive email alerts, please…

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Roger Martin on thinking with a new way to think

June 4, 2023

The ideas in some busibess books are even more vakuable now than they were when first published. For example…. In A New Way to Think: Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness, Roger Martin shares his thoughts about how to think…

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Culture Shock: A book review by Bob Morris

June 3, 2023

Culture Shock: An unstoppable force has changed how we work and live. Gallup’s solution to the biggest leadership issue of our time. Jim Clifton and Jim Harter Gallup Press (May 2023) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing…

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Tom Hanks on the Rewards and “Vicious Reality” of Making Movies

June 3, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from an interview of Tom Hanks by David Remnick for The New Yorker. To read the complete interview, check out other articles, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Lloyd Bishop / NBC /…

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How the implementation process is evolving

June 2, 2023

Here is an excerpt from another “classic” article from the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. *…

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