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Novelist John Le Carré Reflects On His Own “Legacy” of Spying

October 27, 2019

Here is a a brief excerpt from the transcript of an interview of John le Carre by Terry Gross for NPR. To hear or read the complete interview, check out other resources and learn more about NPR, please click here.…

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Women in the Workplace 2019

October 26, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jess Huang, Alexis Krivkovich, Irina Starikova, Lareina Yee, and Delia Zanoschi for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about…

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The Intelligent Leader: A book review by Bob Morris

October 26, 2019

The Intelligent Leader: Unlocking the 7 Secrets to Leading Others and Leaving Your Legacy John Mattone Wiley (October 2015) How to embrace and then complete the inner work that high-impact leadership requires This is my favorite passage in Lao-tse’s Tao…

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Agility: A book review by Bob Morris

October 25, 2019

Agility: How to Navigate the Unknown and Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption Leo M. Tilman and General Charles Jacoby Missionday (October 2019) Here’s how to identify, assess, and then respond to severe marketplace disruption with high-impact However different…

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Resilience in TMT: Winning in downturns

October 25, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Varanjot Kaur, Eric Kutcher, Dev Patel, and Sid Tandon for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm,…

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Teams Unleashed: A book review by Bob Morris

October 24, 2019

Teams Unleashed: How to Release the Power and Human Potential of Work Teams Phillip Sandahl and Alexis Phillips Nicholas Brealey Publishers (October 2019) Great Teams: Here’s a model and methodology to create one According to Phillip Sandahl and Alexis Phillips,…

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5 Things Leaders Do That Stifle Innovation

October 24, 2019

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Kerry Goyette 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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LeaderSHOP Volume 2: A book review by Bob Morris

October 23, 2019

LeaderSHOP Volume 2: Workplace, Career, and Life Advice From Today’s Top Thought Leaders Rodger Dean Duncan Maxwell Stone Publishing (September 2019) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt Organizations — including…

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Help People Understand Your Data by Making It Relatable

October 23, 2019

  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. People can’t use data to make decisions if they don’t understand what the…

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Ten Common Misconceptions About George Washington

October 22, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article about the first President of the United States from the George Washington/Mount Vernon website. Some of the most commonly known “facts” about George Washington are simply not true. Go beyond the mythology and…

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