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Kevin Liles (KWL Enterprises) in “The Corner Office”

July 28, 2017

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Kevin Liles, founder and C.E.O.…

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To Motivate Your Employees, Draw from Your Own Experience

July 28, 2017

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 always easy to get the most from your…

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Adm. Hyman G. Rickover on “Doing a Job”

July 27, 2017

Quite by accident, I discovered the transcript of a speech by Admiral Hyman Rickover (1900-1986) at GovLeader.org, a website developed “by and for government managers who believe that having great leadership at all levels is critical to the effectiveness of…

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The age of analytics: Competing in a data-driven world

July 27, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Nicolaus Henke, Jacques Bughin, Michael Chui, James Manyika, Tamim Saleh, Bill Wiseman, and Guru Sethupathy for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check…

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Business Models for Teams: A book review by Bob Morris

July 26, 2017

Business Models for Teams: See How Your Organization Really Works and How Each Person Fits In Tim Clark and Bruce Hazen Portfolio/PenguinRandom House (June 2017) Working together, we can usually do more — and do it better was well as…

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John Wooden on the difference between winning and succeeding

July 26, 2017

John Wooden led UCLA to record wins that are still unmatched in the world of basketball. Throughout his long life, he shared the values and life lessons he passed to his players, emphasizing success that’s about much more than winning. For…

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Twelve Excellent Quotations from Military Leaders Throughout History

July 25, 2017

I am grateful to Bill Murphy Jr. for gathering dozens of quotations from great military leaders throughout history. Here are eight of Bill’s: “The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter…

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Thriving in the Gig Economy: A book review by Bob Morris

July 25, 2017

Thriving in the Gig Economy: How to Capitalize and Compete in the New World of Work Marion McGovern Career Press (July 2017) The most important dos and don’ts in today’s “free world of work” As I began to read this…

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Here’s wisdom that can guide you through the remainder of your life

July 24, 2017

Knowledge is what we learn. Wisdom is what we learn from mistakes….from ours as well as from others’. On June 12, 2005, Steve Jobs delivered the commencement address at Stanford University. Since then, the YouTube video has been viewed more…

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The Innovation Revolution: A book review by Bob Morris

July 24, 2017

The Innovation Revolution: Discover the Genius Hiding in Plain Sight K. Melissa Kennedy 48 Innovate (February 2017) Individuals as well as organizations must either change in order to thrive or remain the same and deteriorate Major research studies by reputable…

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