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Five Stars: A book review by Bob Morris

June 8, 2018

Five Stars: The Communication Secrets to Get from Good to Great Carmine Gallo St. Martin’s Press (June 2018) How to master the ancient art of persuasion by combining words and ideas to move people to high-impact action I have read…

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Stop Asking “What Do You Do?” When Networking

June 8, 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. * * * We’ve all been in the situation of meeting someone…

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Abraham Lincoln: Triumph & Tragedy

June 7, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Nancy Koehn for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. In Forged in Crisis, she offers a brilliant discussion of five quite remarkable people, each of whom is indeed a…

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Decision-making: how to get the big bets right

June 7, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Aaron De Smet and Leigh Weiss for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription information, and…

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The drawbacks of agility

June 6, 2018

Here is a brief article written by Karin Ahlbäck, Santiago Comella-Dorda and Deepak Mahadevan for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription information, and…

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Subscribed: A book review by Bob Morris

June 6, 2018

Subscribed: Why the Subscription Model Will Be Your Company’s Future — and What to Do About It Tien Tzuo with Gabe Weisert Penguin Random House (June 2018) How and why “the Subscription Model is transforming every sector of the modern…

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Skill shift: Automation and the future of the workforce

June 5, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Jacques Bughin,  Eric Hazan, Susan Lund, Peter Dahlström, Anna Wiesinger, and Amresh Subramaniam for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn…

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Business Nuggets from Conrad Hilton

June 5, 2018

In 50 Business Classics, Tom Butler-Bowdon includes a discussion of Conrad Hilton’s Be My Guest (1957). These are among the dozens of insights that caught my eye: * * * o In Cisco, Texas, “The Mobley was the first of several…

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Org redesign: start with a blank page

June 4, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Benjamin Bouraoui and Alexander Thiel for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription information, and…

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Two Rules for Making Better Decisions

June 4, 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. * * * There are many ways to improve your decision making,…

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