Month: February 2024

Portrait of a Marriage: Julia Child Captured in Paul Child’s Shimmering Photographs

February 20, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic New Yorker article by Cynthia Zarin, published in the December 2, 2017, issue. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photograph by Paul Child /…

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Higher Ground: A Book Review by Bob Morris

February 20, 2024

Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World Alison Taylor Harvard Business Review Press (February 2024) How and why a total commitment to conducting ethical business is essential to sustaining profitable results The business world…

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The Character Compass: A Book Review by Bob Morris

February 19, 2024

The Character Compass: Transforming Leadership for the 21st Century Mary Crossan, Gerard Seijts, and Bill Furlong Routledge/An Imprint of Taylor & Ross Group (October 2023) “Those with character have a highly principled, perfectly disciplined and educated will.” Vince Lombardi According…

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Own Your Words to Gain Authority

February 19, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article by David Hollis and Alex Wright for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Managers undermine their…

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Leading AI Is Still Leading

February 17, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article by Abbie Lundberg  for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit:  Patrick George * * * Generative AI has…

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The Includers: A Book Review by Bob Morris

February 16, 2024

The Includers:The 7 Traits of Culturally Savvy, Anti-Racist Leaders Colette A.M. Phillips BenBella Books (January 2024) How to create a workplace within which cultural intelligence is most likely to thrive Major surveys of customers and employees indicate that feeling appreciated…

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Harness Your Network to Unlock Innovation: Three practices can help

February 16, 2024

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Bill McEvily and Anne ter Wal 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…

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Firing the Right Customers Is Good Business

February 15, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article by Carsten Pedersen and Thomas Ritter for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Not every customer…

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Possible : A Book Review by Bob Morris

February 15, 2024

Possible: How to Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict William Ury HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (February 2024) How and why “the path to possible is how we survive — and thrive — in this age of conflict”…

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The 12-Week MBA: A Book Review by Bob Morris

February 14, 2024

The 12-Week MBA: Learn the Skills You Need to Lead in Business Today   Bjorn Billhardt and Nathan Kracklauer Hatchette Books (February 2024) How to accelerate your personal growth and professional development  Whatever their size and nature may be, all organizations…

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