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Transform Setbacks into Possibilities by Shifting Your Mindset

February 7, 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. * * * Many of us can recall an experience that felt…

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The Talent Code: A book review by Bob Morris

February 6, 2018

The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How Daniel Coyle Bantam Books (2009) Note: Before reading The Culture Code (published on January 30, 2018), I decided to re-read one of Daniel Coyle’s previously published books and am glad…

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Having a Tough Conversation with a Coworker When You Both Hate Tough Conversations

February 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. *     *     * If you’re having a conflict with a coworker,…

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Dan Ariely on rational irrationality

February 5, 2018

Thanks to McKinsey & Company and its Quarterly, those of us who admire Dan Ariley and his work have access to an especially enlightening interview (February 2011). To see it, please click here. *     *     * The behavioral economist explains…

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Talk About Skills When Talking About Promotions

February 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. *     *     * Conversations about promotions can be tense —…

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Nathaniel Philbrick on a “wilderness” of opportunities in the New World

February 4, 2018

Nathaniel Philbrick is one of the most distinguished historians. Here is a brief excerpt from one of his liveliest interviews. I urge you to check out his bestsellers. * * * Your two previous books have been about the sea. Mayflower,…

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How high can a dead cat bounce?

February 4, 2018

I recently re-read James Geary’s book, I Is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How It Shapes the Way We See the World, published by Harper/An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2011). He observes: “Finance and economics are the…

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Welcome to the Age of Exponential Thinking

February 3, 2018

These are very interesting predictions…. I am indebted to Michael Bjorn Hansen for informing me that these predictions were put together by Robert Goldman with Alli Berman.   *     *      * In 1998, Kodak had 170,000 employees and sold…

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Before Resigning, Rehearse What You’ll Say

February 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. *     *     * Telling your boss that you’re leaving your job…

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Bigger Than This: A book review by Bob Morris

February 2, 2018

Bigger Than This: How to turn any venture into an admired brand Fabian Geyrhalter Brandtro Publishing (January 2018) “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you…

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