Book Reviews

Winners: A book review by Bob Morris

February 21, 2017

Winners: And How They Succeed Alastair Campbell Pegasus Books Ltd (2015) What we can learn from winners’ mindsets as well as from their modus operandi Alistair Campbell carefully organized and then presents his material within four Parts. To his substantial…

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Riding Shotgun: A book review by Bob Morris

February 19, 2017

Riding Shotgun: The Role of the COO Nathaniel Bennett and Stephen Miles Stanford University Press (January 2017) Why the COO is probably “the toughest job in a company” The is the updated edition of a book first published a decade…

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HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: A book review by Bob Morris

February 18, 2017

HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff Harvard Business Review Press (2017) “I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” Steve Jobs Most of…

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Sense & Respond: A book review by Bob Morris

February 17, 2017

Sense & Respond: How Successful Organizations Listen to Customers and Create New Products Continuously Jeff Gothelp and Josh Seiden Harvard Business Review Press (February 2017) Engage an organization in a two-way conversation with its market(s) and customers, integrated at all…

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Marketing 4.0: A book review by Bob Morris

February 7, 2017

Marketing 4.0 Moving from Traditional to Digital Philip Kotler with Hermawan Kartajaya and Iwan Setiawan John Wiley & Sons (Dec ember 2016) How “convergence marketing” can create or increase demand among those whose preferences must be accommodated I have read…

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Reach: A book review by Bob Morris

January 26, 2017

Reach: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone, Rise to the Challenge and Build Confidence Andy Molinsky Avery (January 2017) Here’s a book written for those whose comfort zone is in danger of becoming a mausoleum…

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The Effective Executive: A book review by Bob Morris

January 24, 2017

The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done Peter F. Drucker HarperBusiness (January 2017) How and why, “like every other discipline, effectiveness can be learned and must be earned” This is the 50th anniversary edition of…

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The Power of Positive Destruction: A book review by Bob Morris

January 23, 2017

The Power of Positive Destruction: How to Turn a Business Idea Into a Revolution Seth Merrin John Wiley & Sons (2016) How to break things down to make them better and “improve the lives of all who benefit from those…

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Accelerating Performance: A book review by Bob Morris

January 22, 2017

Accelerating Performance: How Organizations Can Mobilize, Execute, and Transform with Agility Colin Price and Sharon Toye John Wiley & Sons (January 2017) How and why individuals as well as organizations make progress happen, despite their many flaws Much has been…

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Mission Control: A book review by Bob Morris

January 21, 2017

Mission Control: How Nonprofits and Governments Can Focus, Achieve More, and Change the World Liana Downey Bibliomotion Media (2016) How to develop a powerful strategy that sharpens organizational focus on achieving more to change the world According to Liana Downey,…

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