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Leading Through Anxiety

June 8, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Morra Aarons-Mele 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 email alerts,…

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Doing Agile Right: A book review by Bob Morris

June 8, 2020

Doing Agile Right: Transformation Without Chaos  Darrell K. Rigby, Sarah Elk, and Steven H. Berez Harvard Business Review Press (May 2020) “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change.”  Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi achieved change of…

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Build a change platform, not a change program

June 7, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up…

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Leadership in Turbulent Times: A book review by Bob Morris

June 7, 2020

Leadership in Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin Simon & Schuster (2018) Profiles of great leadership “not in turbulent times alone, but also in our everyday lives” I read this book when it was first published and recently re-read it after…

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A CEO’s guide to reenergizing the senior team

June 6, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from another classic article, written by Derek Dean, for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for email…

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The Prophet: A Book review by Bob Morris

June 6, 2020

The Prophet: A Spiritual Classic Kahlil Gibran with an Introduction by Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone/A Wiley Brand (May 2020) A “classic” at least in durable popularity, if not in timeless wisdom The man we know as Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) was born…

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5 Behaviors of Leaders Who Embrace Change

June 5, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Edith Onderick-Harvey 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 email…

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Books by and about a great president: Harry Truman and David McCullough

June 5, 2020

In Author in Chief, one of the most interesting books I have read in recent years, Craig Fehrman “tells the story of how, when, and why America’s presidents began writing books — and why Americans have been been so consistenty drawn…

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Diversity still matters

June 4, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Kevin Dolan, Vivian Hunt, Sara Prince, and Sandra Sancier-Sultan for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the…

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Observations by Orson Welles on his life and work

June 4, 2020

I think IMDb is the single best source for information about multiple entertainment industries, including film. Here is a selection of observations by Orson Welles who was indeed, in every possible way, “larger than life” as a director, producer, writer,…

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