Month: August 2024

HBR Guide to Data Analytics Basics for Managers

August 31, 2024

HBR Guide to Data Analytics Basics for Managers Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (April 2018) How non-technicians can master the basics of data analytics to make better decisions Most of the volumes in the “HBR Guide to” series are…

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The Real Secret to Retaining Talent: The subtle art of making people feel special

August 31, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Roger L. Martin 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 email alerts,…

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Deep Work: Revisiting a Classic

August 30, 2024

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World Cal Newport Grand Central Publishing (2016) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle Note: I recently re-read this book prior to…

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Hybrid Work: How Leaders Build In-Person Moments That Matter

August 30, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Brian Elliott  for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others,  sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit:  Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT…

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Leadership and Self-Deception: A Book Review by Bob Morris

August 29, 2024

Leadership and Self-Deception: The Secret to Transforming Relationships & Unleashing Results (4th Edition) The Arbinger Institute Berrett-Koehler Publishers (August 2024) Getting to know — really know — yourself and others, for better or worse The last time I checked, Amazon…

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Persuading the Unpersuadable

August 29, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Adam Grant for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit:  Eleni Kalorkoti *…

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Unlocking Creativity: Revisiting a Business Classic

August 28, 2024

Unlocking Creativity: How to Solve Any Problem and Make the Best Decisions by Shifting Creative Mindsets Michael A. Roberto John Wiley & Sons (January 2019) How all leaders can transform their mindset to stimulate creativity in themselves and others Michael…

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Collaboration and Teams: Tom Brady on the Art of Leading Teammates

August 28, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written byTom Brady and Nitin Nohria for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Mario…

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Don’t Sacrifice Employee Upskilling for Productivity

August 27, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Stacia Garr and Priyanka Mehrotra for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others,  sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here.…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads, 2024: A Book Review by Bob Morris

August 27, 2024

HBR 10 Must Reads: 2024 HBR Editors and Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (October 2024) The definitive management ideas of the year from Harvard Business Review This is the latest volume in a series introduced in 2015. “HBR 10…

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