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Stephanie Mead and Steven Stowell on “The Art of Strategic Leadership”: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

November 16, 2016

Stephanie S. Mead, MBA, is the co-author of five books, including The Art of Strategic Leadership: How Leaders at All Levels Prepare Themselves, Their Teams, and Organizations for the Future, and has also published many shorter works on the topics…

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Mihaly Csiksgentmihalyi on Ten Paradoxical Traits of Highly Creative People

November 16, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Mihaly Csiksgentmihalyi (pronounced me-HIGH chick-sent-me-HIGH-ee) that appeared in Psychology Today magazine (2016). magazine in 2013. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. *…

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Reorg: A book review by Bob Morris

November 15, 2016

Reorg: How to Get It Right Stephen Heidari-Robinson and Suzanne Heywood Harvard Business Review Press (November 2016) How to unlock latent value, especially in a rapidly changing competitive environment I recall reading somewhere that the TI-class supertanker ships must travel…

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How to get the greatest value from a MOOC

November 15, 2016

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. * * * To get the most from a MOOC, a massive open…

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Communication: Five Perilous Assumptions

November 14, 2016

  1. That a message sent is received. 2. That the received message’s intended meaning is understood. 3. That the recipient understands the intended meaning and cares. 4. That the recipient who cares will take appropriate action. 5. That the…

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The Leadership Behavior That’s Most Important to Employees

November 14, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Christine Porath 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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Bernhard Schroeder on “Simply Brilliant”: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

November 13, 2016

Bernhard Schroeder is Director of the Lavin Entrepreneurship Center Programs and oversees all of the center’s undergraduate and graduate internship programs. He is a part-time Clinical Faculty, Entrepreneurship within the College of Business Administration at San Diego State University. Bern…

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Deborah Lee James (Secretary of the U.S. Air Force) in “The Corner Office”

November 13, 2016

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 Deborah Lee James, Secretary of…

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The “Field of Dreams Syndrome”

November 12, 2016

Years ago, Henry Ford questioned the value of consumer feedback: “They’ll say they want faster horses.” More recently, Steve Jobs observed, “It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you…

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The Unique Value of the “T-Shaped Approach” to Personal Success

November 12, 2016

In The Mosaic Principle: The Six Dimensions of a Remarkable Life and Career published by PublicAffairs (November 2016), Nick Lovegrove observes: “The evidence shows that you are more likely to be successful if your broader experience is underpinned and even…

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