Month: August 2023

Why Leadership Training Fails

August 21, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael Beer, Magnus Finnström, and Derek Schrader 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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Three keys to faster, better decision-making

August 20, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Aaron De Smet, Gregor Jost, and Leigh Weiss for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and…

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Identify Critical Roles to Improve Performance

August 19, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Boris Groysberg, Eric Lin, Abhijit Naik, and Sascha L. Schmidt for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit:…

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Stay Sane in an Insane World: A Book Review by Bob Morris

August 18, 2023

Stay Sane in an Insane World: How to Control the Controllables and Thrive Greg Harden Blackstone Publishing (August 2023) “An unexamined life is not worth living.” Socrates In “The Making of an Expert,” an article that appeared in the July–August…

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The boss factor: For better or worse

August 17, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tera Allas and Bill Schaninger for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for…

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All Pride, No Ego: A Book Review by Bob Morris

August 16, 2023

All Pride, No Ego: A Queer Executive’s Journey to Living and Leading Authentically Jim Fielding Wiley (2023) “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” Oscar Wilde The last time I checked, Amazon offers more than 60,000 volumes in which their authors…

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How Trust Works: A Book Review by Bob Morris

August 15, 2023

How Trust Works: The Science of How Relationships Are Built Peter H. Kim Flatiron Books (August 2023) How to gain trust, how it can be damaged, and what can be done to repair  it According to W.K. Krueger, “in all…

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CEOs Can Make (or Break) an Organization Redesign

August 15, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Herman Vantrappen and Frederic Wirtz for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit:  Dan Page/theispot.com * * * Changing…

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The Boldly Inclusive Leader: A Book Review by Bob Morris

August 14, 2023

The Boldly Inclusive Leader: Transform Your Workplace (and the World) by Valuing the Differences Within Minette Norman Brain Trust Inc, (2023) The power oƒ valuing, indeed embracing and celebrating the differences between and among a workforce It is no coincidence that…

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What you may not already know about Artificial Intelligence (AI)

August 13, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Bernard Marr for Forbes magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * By now, it’s probably clear to most people…

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