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High-Performing Teams Start with a Culture of Shared Values

January 12, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Greg Satell and  Cathy Windschitl 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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Ram Charan’s The Attacker’s Advantage: A book review by Bob Morris

January 11, 2023

The Attacker’s Advantage: Turning Uncertainty into Breakthrough Opportunities Ram Charan PublicAffairs (2015) This is the most valuable contribution to business thought leadership that Ram Charan has made…thus far. I have read and reviewed all of the books that Ram Charan…

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Bill Capodagli on the “Disney Way: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

January 11, 2023

Bill Capodagli (pronounced Cap-o-die) co-authored one of Fortune magazine’s “Best Business Books of 1999,” The Disney Way. Prior to co-founding Capodagli Jackson Consulting in 1993, Bill held managerial positions at the consulting firms of AT Kearney and Ernst & Whinney…

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Rethinking Assumptions About How Employees Work

January 10, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by George Westerman for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Many companies pivoted to deal with…

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Bad Apples or Bad Leaders?

January 9, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Charn P. McAllister, Jeremy D. Mackey, B. Parker Ellen III, and Katherine C. Alexander for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information,…

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The Immortal Myth of the Unicorn

January 8, 2023

Here s a brief excerpt from an article by Mallika Rao for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep-discount subscription rates, please click here. Credits: Jana Euler’s “Morecorn 9” (2021).…

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The Executive Checklist: A book review by Bob Morris

January 7, 2023

The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change James M. Kerr Pagrave/Macmillan (2014) How to replace vague ideas about your career with strategies that will help you achieve your objectives at work and everywhere else Up front,…

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Bill Capodagli on the “Disney Way”: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

January 6, 2023

Bill Capodagli (pronounced “Cap-o-die”) co-authored one of Fortune magazine’s “Best Business Books of 1999,”The Disney Way: Harnessing the Management Secrets of Disney in Your Company. Prior to co-founding Capodagli Jackson Consulting in 1993, Bill held managerial positions at the consulting…

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Jeff Bezos’s Peculiar Management Tool for Self-Discipline at Amazon Meetings

January 6, 2023

Here is an article originally published by the I Done This Blog in 2017. Two years later, fresh advice for managers was added. * * * The modern workplace’s vogue is informal information exchange. We sit in open floor plan offices so that…

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Presidents of War: A book review by Bob Morris

January 5, 2023

Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times Michael Beschloss Crown (October 2018) How “the life or death of much of the human race” depends on the character of one person Today, opinions are divided with regard…

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