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Transformations That Work

May 4, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael Mankins and Patrick Litre for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: …

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The Battle for Attention

May 4, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by  Nathan Heller for The New Times. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here. * * * How do…

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From Invisible to Icon: A Book Review by Bob Morris

May 3, 2024

From Invisible to Icon: How to Become a Known Expert in Your Industry (Revised and Expanded Edition) John Fareed with Sean Hunter Post Hill Press (April 2024) Street Smarts for accelerating your personal growth and professional development    This is…

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In Memoriam: George Leonard

May 2, 2024

I recently re-read one of George Leonard‘s classic works, Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment (1991), and then decided to check out once again the biographical material that I had first examined years ago.  For example, here is…

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Bare Knuckle: A Book Review by Bob Morris

May 2, 2024

Bare Knuckle: Bobby Gunn, 73-0 Undefeated. A Dad. A Dream. A Fight Like You’ve Never Seen Stayton Bonner Blackstone Publishing (April 2024) “Champions get up when they can’t.” Jack Dempsey My take: For some people, Bare Knuckle is a compelling…

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The successful behaviors of effective leaders

May 1, 2024

Here is mini-commentary written by Drew Holzfeind for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To check out “classic” articles, learn more about the firm, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. Illustration Credit: * * *…

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LIT: A Book Review by Bob Morris

April 30, 2024

LIT [Life Ignition Tools]: Use Nature’s Playbook to Energize Your Brain, Spark Ixeas, and Ignite Action Jeff Karp with Teresa Barker William Morrow/An Imprint of HarperCollins (April 2024) How life ignition skills identify the right questions that can help to…

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Jay Leno’s Loyalty Test in the Battle for the “Tonight Show”

April 29, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a “clasic ” article written by Peter J. Boyer for The New Yorker (November 1, 1992). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here.…

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Leaders Leap: A Book Review by Bob Morris

April 26, 2024

Leaders Leap: Transforming Your Company at the Speed of Disruption Steve Dennis Wiley (April 2024) New realities have created an ever-widening transformation gap: How to close it Steve Dennis carefully organizes the material within three Parts. In Chapters 1 and…

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The Innovator’s DNA

April 25, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Hal Gregersen, Clayton M. Christensen, and Jeff Dyer for Harvard Business Review (December 2009). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription…

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