Commentaries

Why your “to-do” list doesn’t work

July 23, 2012

Here is an article written by Dave Johnson for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the website’s newsletters, please click here. *     *    …

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Vital Voices: A book review by Bob Morris

July 22, 2012

Vital Voices: The Power of Women Leading Change Around the World Alyse Nelson Jossey-Bass (2012) How and why “women’s rights are human rights” and “women’s progress is global progress” for everyone Alyze Nelson wrote the Introduction and then devotes a separate chapter to each of…

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Narcissism: The Difference Between High Achievers and Leaders

July 19, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Justin Menkes for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. *     *     *…

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Measuring An Employee’s Worth? Consider Influence

July 11, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by E.B. (“Liza”) Boyd for Fast Company magazine. To read the complete article, check out other resources, sign up for free email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. *  …

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How Effective Leaders Talk (and Listen)

July 9, 2012

  Here is another HBR IdeaCast: A video of an interview with Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind, co-authors of Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations. For more, read the article Leadership Is a Conversation. Register or sign in by clicking here and…

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Why You Are Not a Failure

July 6, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Dorie Clark for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. *     *  …

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A New Look at Engagement

July 6, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article featured by Talent Management magazine in which Barb Krantz Taylor identifies and discusses nine intangible elements of work that employees rank much higher than salary or perks on engagement surveys. To read the complete…

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An Abundance of What?

July 5, 2012

I have just read and will soon review Peter Diamonds and Steven Kotler’s book, Abundance, in which they explain why the future is better than most people think. Perhaps I need to re-read the book because I remain deeply concerned about abundances such…

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Make No Mistake: To Err IS Human

July 5, 2012

Make No Mistake: To Err IS Human Here is an excerpt from the script for a program produced for CBS Sunday Morning by CBSNews. *     *      * The humble popsicle was invented – by mistake! – when…

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The best way to celebrate the 4th of July

July 4, 2012

My favorite 4th of July was in 1976 when our family (wife Marcia, four small children, and I) lived in Sudbury (zip code 01776), a suburb of Boston. We decided to drive into downtown Boston, camp out with a picnic dinner along the Charles River,…

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