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Leading Transformation: A book review by Bob Morris

December 6, 2018

Leading Transformation: How to Take Charge of Your Company’s Future Nathan Furr, Kyle Nel, and Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy Harvard Business Review Press (November 2018) How to use a human-centered process to avoid or overcome key bottlenecks to organizational change In…

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Make Your Out-of-Office Message a Little More Personal

December 6, 2018

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. * * * Most of us write our out-of-office messages as we’re running…

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Leadership Presence (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series): A book review by Bob Morris

December 5, 2018

Leadership Presence (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press “We convince by our presence.” Walt Whitman HBR Press has a series of anthologies (nine volumes thus far) of articles in which contributors offer proven research that shows…

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Getting Better at Handling Disappointments

December 5, 2018

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. * * * Disappointments are inevitable and unpleasant —­ a missed promotion, a…

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Truthful Living: A book review by Bob Morris

December 4, 2018

Truthful Living: The First Writings of Napoleon Hill Napoleon Hill with Jeffrey Gitomer Amazon Publishing (October 2018) Timeless but timely advice for personal growth and professional development Henry Ford once observed, “Whether you think you can or think you can’t,…

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Seven rules to crack the code on revenue synergies in M&A

December 4, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by John Chartier, Alex Liu, Nikolaus Raberger, and Rui Silva 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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When Starting a New Job, Lay the Groundwork for Your Success

December 3, 2018

  Here’s 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. * * * If you want to excel in a new job, you…

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Make Some Noise: A book review by Bob Morris

December 3, 2018

Make Some Noise: The Unconventional Road to Dominance Ken Schmidt Simon & Schuster (November 2018) How your organization can achieve “all-out, against-all-odds success” Friends of mine who own a Harley-Davidson claim its unique roar differentiates it from all other motorcycles. Ken…

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Why Agile Goes Awry — and How to Fix It

December 2, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Lindsay McGregor and Neel Doshi 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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Bring Your Breakthrough Ideas to Life

December 2, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, and Michael Wade for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information,…

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