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The Leader’s Guide to Negotiation: A book review by Bob Morris

September 9, 2016

The Leader’s Guide to Negotiation: How to Use Soft Skills to Get Hard Results Simon Horton FT Financial Times Publishing/Pearson (July 2016) “Letting the other chap have it your way” The last time I checked, Amazon US offers 30,855 books…

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The Marine Corps Way to Win on Wall Street: A book review by Bob Morris

September 8, 2016

The Marine Corps Way to Win on Wall Street: 11 Key Principles from Battlefield to Boardroom Ken Marlin St. Martin’s Press (August 2016) How and why the “Marine Corps Way” can help accelerate personal growth and professional development Peter Drucker…

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“Ask not for whom the bell tolls….”

September 8, 2016

Yesterday, the Dallas Morning News endorsed a Democratic presidential candidate for the first in more than 75 years. Here’s a portion of the announcement: “There is only one serious candidate on the presidential ballot in November. We recommend Hillary Clinton…Donald…

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Stop Spending, Start Managing: A book review by Bob Morris

September 7, 2016

Stop Spending, Start Managing: Strategies to Transform Wasteful Habits Hardcover Tanya Menon and Leigh Thompson Harvard Business Review Press (August 2016) To paraphrase Aristotle, “We are what we repeatedly do. Frugality, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Tanya…

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“It Don’t Cost Nuthin’ to be Nice” Paul (Bear) Bryant

September 7, 2016

Here is a reprise of a blog post that offers several valuable reminders at a time when civility remains an endangered species in our society. The way I heard it, Coach Bryant told the following story at a Touchdown Club…

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Pricing Done Right: A book review by Bob Morris

September 6, 2016

Pricing Done Right: The Pricing Framework Proven Successful by the World’s Most Profitable Companies Tim J. Smith Bloomberg Financial (July 2016) How the Value-Based Pricing Framework can help almost any organization to establish and strengthen its competitive advantage Leaders in…

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Stanley Bing Asks “Does the Truth Still Matter?”

September 6, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Stanley Bing for Fortune magazine, To read the complete article, check out others, obtain subscription information, and sign up for free email alerts, please click here. Illustration credit: Kevin Whipple for…

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Anders Ericsson on Deliberate Practice

September 5, 2016

Thanks to research conducted by Anders Ericsson and his associates at Florida State University, we now know that achieving peak performance depends on a combination of factors: o Luck o Natural Ability o Temperament o Commitment o Expert Supervision and…

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To Build Resilience, Write Down What You’re Grateful For

September 5, 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. * * * When it comes to building your emotional resilience, nothing does…

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The Big Thing: A book review by Bob Morris

September 4, 2016

The Big Thing: How to Complete Your Creative Project Even if You’re a Lazy, Self-Doubting Procrastinator Like Me Phyllis Korkki HarperCollins (August 2016) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford To what does…

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