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The Everyday Feminist: A book review by Bob Morris

March 15, 2023

The Everyday Feminist: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact — Driving Movements We Need Now More than Ever Latanya Mapp Frett Wiley (March 2023) What the unique and under-utilized power of collective feminism can accomplish every day In this book,…

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What Makes a Great Leader?

March 14, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article in HBR‘s The Big Idea Series written by Linda A. Hill, Emily Tedards, Jason Wild and Karl Weber. Credit:  Greg Mably * * * Tomorrow’s leaders master three key roles — architect, bridger, and…

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The Four Workarounds: A book review by Bob Morris

March 13, 2023

The Four Workarounds: Strategies from the World’s Scrappiest Organizations for Tackling Complex Problems Paulo Savaget Flatiron Books/Imprint of Macmillan Books (March 2023) How four results-driven approaches can help resolve major crises by solving serious problems  In Leading Change, James O’Toole…

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Good Power: A book review by Bob Morris

March 12, 2023

Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World Ginni Rometty Harvard Business Review Press (March 2023) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb To what does…

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Level Up to Strategic Data Sharing

March 11, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Barbara H. Wixom, Ina M. Sebastian, Robert W. Gregory, and Gabriele Piccol for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click…

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The Empathy Advantage: A book review by Bob Morris

March 10, 2023

  The Empathy Advantage: Leading the Empowered Workforce Heather E. McGowan and Chris Shipley Wiley (March 2023) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”  Theodore Roosevelt Empathy is the ability to recognize, understand,…

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How Althea Gibson Faced Racial Barriers—Even as a Tennis Champio

March 9, 2023

Here is a “classic” article written by ASHLEY BROWN for the History channel website. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images * * * Between 1956 and…

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Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time

March 9, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article written byTony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR…

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Sensitive: A book review by Bob Morris

March 8, 2023

Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World Jenn Granneman & Andre Sólo Harmony (February 2023) How and why highly sensitive people are so valuable…and under-appreciated Here’s a paradox: emotions tend to have…

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Improving the Practice of Management — Then and Now

March 7, 2023

Here is Laura Amico and Amy Bernstein‘s Introduction to HBR at 100: The Most Influential and Innovative Articles from Harvard Business Review’s First Century, a truly extraordinary volume that I urge you to add to your personal business library. *…

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