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Glut: A book review by Bob Morris

August 5, 2011

Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages Alex Wright Cornell University Press ((2007) How and why “the torch song of technological transcendentalism has passed from the visionary fringe into cultural mainstream” Alex Wright explains that in this volume, he approaches the…

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Paula Marantz Cohen on how to make books spark to life for college students

August 5, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Paula Marantz Cohen and featured by The American Scholar magazine. As you probably know already, The American Scholar is the venerable but lively quarterly magazine of public affairs, literature, science, history,…

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50 Prosperity Classics: A book review by Bob Morris

August 5, 2011

50 Prosperity Classics: Attract It, Create It, Manage It,  Share It Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey Publishing (2008) Henry Ford was right Note: This is one of the volumes in the 5o Classics series, each available in a softbound edition and…

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How to Cope with Your Incompetent Boss

August 5, 2011

    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. Everyone complains about his or her boss from time to time.…

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Servants who lead or leaders who serve?

August 4, 2011

Robert K. Greenleaf is generally credited with developing ideas we now refer to as “servant leadership.” As he explains in his eponymous essay (first published in 1970), and later developed into a book, “The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with…

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Don’t Be Blinded By Common Recruitment Myths

August 4, 2011

Here is an article written by Paul Harty for Talent Management magazine (8/4/11). To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here.…

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Edward M. Hallowell: An interview by Bob Morris

August 4, 2011

Are you looking for practical, how-to solutions to life’s personal challenges? Best selling author Dr. Edward (“Ned”) Hallowell offers groundbreaking advice on how to survive in an ultra-competitive, ultra fast, attention deficit society while remaining sane, how to raise happy…

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As One: A book review by Bob Morris

August 3, 2011

As One: Individual Action and Collective Power Mehrdad Baghai and James Quigley Portfolio/Penguin (2011) How and why “As One behavior” can accomplish almost anything There is so much to be said about what this book offers. Where to begin? Perhaps…

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Why Being Certain Means Being Wrong

August 3, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ted Cadsby 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…

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Reagan on Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

August 3, 2011

Reagan on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Great Communicator James M. Strock Serve to Lead Press (2011) Up front, I need to acknowledge that I do not share James Strock’s high regard for Ronald Reagan’s performance as governor of California…

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