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The leadership journey of Abraham Lincoln

June 3, 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…

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Kevin Hong on the power of the Outlier Approach: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

June 3, 2018

Kevin is an Amazon best-selling author of The Outlier Approach: How to Triumph in Your Career as a Nonconformist. Previously, Kevin grew his startup Dealflicks up to a $15M valuation. He is currently an advisor to several startups including Sinemia and executives/entrepreneurs. Kevin’s work as…

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Attracting and retaining the right talent

June 2, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Scott Keller and Mary Meaney 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 register…

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Is Your Emotional Intelligence Authentic, or Self-Serving?

June 2, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ron Carucci 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 alerts,…

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To Understand How You’re Perceived at Work, Ask Your Colleagues

June 2, 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. * * * It’s not easy to understand how other people perceive us.…

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A Platform Strategy Won’t Work Unless You’re Good at Machine Learning

June 1, 2018

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Megan Beck and Barry Libert 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…

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Business Basics: Decision-Making

June 1, 2018

For at least several thousand years, at least since Aristotle, the three steps of the decision-making process have remained essentially the same: 1.  What is the question to answer or the problem to solve? Comment: If you don’t get this…

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A 40-Year Debate Over Corporate Strategy Gets Revived by Elon Musk and Warren Buffett

May 31, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Walter Frick 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 alerts, please…

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Business Nuggets from Peter Drucker

May 31, 2018

In 50 Business Classics, Tom Butler-Bowdon includes a discussion of Peter Drucker’s The Effective Executive (1966). These are among the dozens of insights that caught my eye: * * * o “Effective executives first work out where their time goes, because…

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Collusion: A book review by Bob Morris

May 30, 2018

Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World Nomi Prins Nation Books/An imprint of Perseus Books (MAY 2018) How the world’s elite central bankers “have irrevocably transformed the very system they are sworn to defend” It’s not a good idea to…

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