Book Reviews

Viva la Repartee: A book review by Bob Morris

March 29, 2018

Viva la Repartee: Clever Comebacks and Witty Retorts from History’s Great Wits and Wordsmiths Mardy Grothe Collins/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2005) Viva Grothe! Those who have already read Grothe’s Oxymoronica will thoroughly enjoy this volume in which he shifts…

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Alive at Work: A book review by Bob Morris

March 26, 2018

Alive at Work: The Neuroscience of Helping Your People to Love What They Do Daniel Cable Harvard Business Review Press (March 2018) “I wonder what my soul does all day when I’m at work.” — Graffiti in London Recent research…

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Oxymoronica: A book review by Bob Morris

March 25, 2018

Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit & Wisdom From History’s Greatest Wordsmiths Mardy Grothe Collins/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2004) The Wit and Wisdom of Incongruity One of my best friends had an aunt — her name was Ginny — who, like Yogi…

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The Mind of the Leader: A book review by Bob Morris

March 23, 2018

The Mind of the Leader: How to Lead Yourself, Your People, and Your Organization for Extraordinary Results Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter Harvard Business Review Press (March 2018) “We have no neurological alarm system for slow change.” So what? A…

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How We Work: A book review by Bob Morris

March 20, 2018

How We Work: Live Your Your Purpose, Reclaim Your Sanity, and Embrace the Daily Grind Leah Weiss Harper Wave/An imprint if HarperCollins (March 2018) “What many people don’t realize is that two goals — a paycheck and a sense of…

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The One-Percent Edge: A book review by Bob Morris

March 19, 2018

The One-Percent Edge: Small Changes That Guarantee Relevance and Build Sustainable Success Susan Solovic with Ray Manley AMACOM (February 2018) How to “identify opportunities and strategies, prioritize them, plan for them, execute, measure, adjust or abandon, and repeat” The business…

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Fusion: A book Review by Bob Morris

March 14, 2018

Fusion: How Integrating Brand and Culture Powers the World’s Greatest Companies Denise Lee Yohn Nicholas Brealey Publishing/An imprfnt of John Murray Press (March 2018) How to integrate brand and culture to empower an enterprise, whatever its size and nature may…

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The CEO Next Door: A book review by Bob Morris

March 13, 2018

The CEO Next Door: Based on a Breakthrough Study of Over 2,600 Leaders Elena L. Botelho and Kim R. Powell Currency/An imprint of Crown Publishing Group (March 2018) How and why ordinary people are able to achieve extraordinary results The…

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Talent Wins: A book review by Bob Morris

March 11, 2018

Talent Wins: The New Playbook for Putting People First Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey Harvard Business Review Press (March 2018) “We take great care of our people, our people take great care of our customers, and our customers…

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Crack the C-Suite Code: A book review by Bob Morris

March 8, 2018

Crack the C-Suite Code: How Successful Leaders Make It to the Top Cassandra Frangos Wharton Digital Press (March 6, 2018) Personal growth and professional development are all about the journey, not the destination. Obviously, Cassandra Frangos is fond of metaphors.…

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