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Mary Dearborn on Ernest Hemingway: An interview by Bob Morris

September 22, 2017

Mary Dearborn is the author of six books: Mistress of Modernism: The Life of Peggy Guggenheim (2006), Queen of Bohemia: The Life of Louise Bryant (1996), and Mailer: A Biography (1991). Her latest book, Ernest Hemingway: A Biography was published…

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David Harder on employee engagement: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

September 17, 2017

In 1990, David Harder founded Inspired Work, dedicated to helping individuals transform their relationship to work. Today, Inspired Work has over 43,000 graduates from all walks of life. Harder has served as a change agent in a wide variety of…

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Create a Road Map to Make Your Work Feel More Purposeful

September 7, 2017

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * It’s too easy to allow entire days to pass by…

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During Your Next Presentation, Use Your Hands to Project Confidence

September 6, 2017

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * When you’re in front of an audience, you want to…

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Are Your Company’s Norms Leading to Burnout?

September 5, 2017

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * Executives tend to think of employee burnout as an individual…

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Modern technology: 27 cutting-edge thinkers share their insights

August 19, 2017

Here is a direct link to Charle Rose’s interviews of 27 different thought leaders who provide an abundance of information, insights, and counsel: cutting-edge thinking on almost every dimension of modern technology, from the early Internet to IA. To learn…

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One of the Greatest Business Decisions: Tata Steel’s radical approach to downsizing (1993)

August 12, 2017

The material that follows is adapted from The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time: Apple, Ford, IBM, Zappos, and others made radical choices that changed the course of business, by Verne Harnish, CEO of Gazelles, and the editors of Fortune,…

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The supervisor as gardener

August 11, 2017

At the obvious risk of extending a metaphor to its breaking point, I think the best supervisors are gardeners who have a “green thumb” for growing other people. These are among their defining characteristics: o They do not over-fertilize with…

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Daniel Kahneman: The Thought Leader Interview

August 3, 2017

Here is  the introduction to Michael Schrage’s classic interview of Daniel Kahneman, published by Strategy+Business magazine (2003). I have also included the first two Q&As. To read the complete interview, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click…

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Thriving in the Gig Economy: A book review by Bob Morris

July 25, 2017

Thriving in the Gig Economy: How to Capitalize and Compete in the New World of Work Marion McGovern Career Press (July 2017) The most important dos and don’ts in today’s “free world of work” As I began to read this…

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