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The 3 Things Employees Really Want: Career, Community, Cause

March 4, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Lori Goler, Janelle Gale, Brynn Harrington, and Adam Grant for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription…

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What Is Your Most Urgent and Important Work?

March 3, 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 all think we have too much to…

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Ruth Handler (1945): One of 10 female pioneers whose innovations inspire

March 3, 2018

It may come as a surprise to you that, from the computer to an ice-cream maker, some of the most important discoveries and inventions by women. We’ve all heard of famous inventors such as Thomas Jefferson (Monticello’s Great Clock), Alexander…

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The Motivation Myth: A book review by Bob Morris

March 2, 2018

The Motivation Myth : How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win Jeff Haden Portfolio/Penguin Group (2018) How and why “motivation is a result,” not a spark Long ago, I concluded that I could not motivate another person but…

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Wrongful Termination: How to Avoid Employee Litigation

March 2, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article by Jeff Garr featured at the HR Knowledge website. To read the complete article, check out other free resources, and learn more about the firm, please click here. * * * Wrongful termination…

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One of the World’s Greatest Female Inventors You Need to Know: Marie Curie

March 1, 2018

I agree with Scott Berkiun: “A disturbing element of history is its unfairness to women. The majority of our most famous inventors and discoverers are men in large part because women were denied the education and opportunity required to make…

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The Top Ten Hiring Mistakes for Big Business

March 1, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article by Cheryl Stein featured at the Monster website. To read the complete article, check out the free resources, and learn more about Monster, please click here. * * * People make mistakes with…

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How Leaders Can Keep Their Cool in a Crisis

February 28, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Mark Bonchek and Cara France 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…

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The Fearless Front Line: A book review by Bob Morris

February 28, 2018

The Fearless Front Line: The Key to Liberating Leaders to Improve and Grow Their Business Ray Attiyah Bibliomotion Books & Media (2013) Two key questions: “Liberate leaders from what?” and “How to do that?” No one can deny that every…

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The Best Team Wins: A book review by Bob Morris

February 27, 2018

The Best Team Wins: The New Science of High Performance Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton Simon & Schuster (February 2018) What today’s high-impact leaders are doing to achieve and then sustain their organization’s peak performance In recent years, there have…

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