Book Reviews

Forged in Crisis: A book review by Bob Morris

December 4, 2017

Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Uncertain Times Nancy Koehn Scribner/An imprint of Simon & Schuster (October 2017) Five otherwise ordinary people who “led from their humanity” when achieving greatness Nancy Koehn spent at least ten years…

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The Loyalist Team: A book review by Bob Morris

November 30, 2017

The Loyalist Team: How Trust, Candor, and Authenticity Create Great Organizations Linda Adams, Abby Curnow-Chavez, Audrey Epstein, and Rebecca Teasdale with Jody Berger PublicAffairs (September 2017) How and why “only Loyalist Teams consistently deliver extraordinary value” Why did Linda Adams,…

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Entering StartUpLand: A book review by Bob Morris

November 29, 2017

Entering StartUpLand: An Essential Guide to Finding the Right Job Jeffrey Bussgang Harvard Business Review Prfess (October 2017) What you need to know — from an expert — about exploring territory that is probably unfamiliar I think the subtitle should…

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Entrepreneurial You: A book review by Bob Morris

November 27, 2017

Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive Dorie Clark Harvard Business Review Press (October 2017) How to “reap the potent promise of entrepreneurship” Long ago, Andrew Carnegie hired Napoleon Hill to interview those who were at…

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Fantasyland: A book review by Bob Morris

November 25, 2017

Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History Kurt Andersen Random House (September 2017) How and why the last five centuries have made the United States susceptible to fantasy and self-delusion All major research studies in neuroscience indicate that people…

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Who Can You Trust?: A book review by Bob Morris

November 24, 2017

Who Can You Trust?: How Technology Brought Us Together and Why It Might Drive Us Apart Rachel Botsman PublicAffairs (November 2017) How and why the real disruption in our VUCA world is not caused by technology; rather, by the massive…

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Uneasy Street: A book review by Bob Morris

November 21, 2017

Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence Rachel Sherman Princeton University Press (August 2017) Unique perspectives worthy of consideration According to Rachel Sherman, she interviewed fifty affluent and wealthy New York parents for this book and shares what she learned from…

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Building a StoryBrand: A book review by Bob Morris

November 20, 2017

Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen Donald Miller HarperCollins Leadership/An Imprint of HarperCollins (October 2017) How and why “story makes music out of noise” and “can grow your business” if performed well If you did not…

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Think Bigger: A book review by Bob Morris

November 18, 2017

Think Bigger: And 39 Other Winning Strategies from Successful Entrepreneurs Michael W. Sonnenfeldt Bloomberg Press (September 2017) “90% of startups fail: Here’s what you need to know about the other 10%.” Neil Patel I appropriated the title of Patel’s Forbes…

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The Invisible Leader: A book review by Bob Morris

November 16, 2017

The Invisible Leader: Transform Your Life, Work, and Organization with the Power of Authentic Purpose Zach Mercurio Advantage Media Group (October 2017) “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” Friedrich Nietzsche During an interview years…

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