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Want to Get That One Project Off Your Plate? Try This

June 3, 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. *     *     * All of us have tasks we don’t want to…

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David McCullough’s Idealistic Settlers

June 3, 2019

 A depiction of boats off Marietta by Charles Sullivan, circa 1840. Credit: Ohio History Connection Here is a brief excerpt from a review of David McCullough‘s latest book, The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American…

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Jules Pieri on how to launch almost anything: An interview by Bob Morris

June 2, 2019

Jules Pieri is Co-Founder and CEO of the product launch platform The Grommet. The company’s Citizen Commerce™ movement is reshaping how consumer products get discovered, shared, and bought. Pieri started her career as an industrial designer for technology companies and was…

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America’s loneliness epidemic: A hidden systemic risk to organizations

June 2, 2019

Credit: Sasha Freemind/Unsplash Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Michael Lee Stallard. I am grateful to him for making it available after first posting it at the SmartBrief website. * * * Much has been written about…

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Staying Productive When Not Much Is Happening at Work

June 1, 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. *     *     * It’s hard to stay productive when work is…

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Bubbles pop, downturns stop

May 31, 2019

  Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Martin Hirt, Kevin Laczkowski, and Mihir Mysore for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the…

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Managers, Know When to Stop Talking and Start Listening

May 31, 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. *     *     * As a manager, you probably have to talk a…

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Success Is in Your Sphere: A book review by Bob Morris

May 30, 2019

Success Is in Your Sphere: Leverage the Power of Relationships to Achieve Your Business Goals Zvi Band McGraw-Hill Education (May 2019) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”  African proverb What…

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What Good Feedback Really Looks Like

May 30, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Craig Chappelow and Cindy McCaule 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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Great Leaders Build Their Emotional Courage

May 29, 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. *     *     * Part of being a leader is doing things that…

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