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The boss factor: For better or worse

August 17, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tera Allas and Bill Schaninger for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for…

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All Pride, No Ego: A Book Review by Bob Morris

August 16, 2023

All Pride, No Ego: A Queer Executive’s Journey to Living and Leading Authentically Jim Fielding Wiley (2023) “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” Oscar Wilde The last time I checked, Amazon offers more than 60,000 volumes in which their authors…

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How Trust Works: A Book Review by Bob Morris

August 15, 2023

How Trust Works: The Science of How Relationships Are Built Peter H. Kim Flatiron Books (August 2023) How to gain trust, how it can be damaged, and what can be done to repair  it According to W.K. Krueger, “in all…

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CEOs Can Make (or Break) an Organization Redesign

August 15, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Herman Vantrappen and Frederic Wirtz for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit:  Dan Page/theispot.com * * * Changing…

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The Boldly Inclusive Leader: A Book Review by Bob Morris

August 14, 2023

The Boldly Inclusive Leader: Transform Your Workplace (and the World) by Valuing the Differences Within Minette Norman Brain Trust Inc, (2023) The power oƒ valuing, indeed embracing and celebrating the differences between and among a workforce It is no coincidence that…

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What you may not already know about Artificial Intelligence (AI)

August 13, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Bernard Marr for Forbes magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * By now, it’s probably clear to most people…

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MoneyZen: A Book Review by Bob Morris

August 12, 2023

MoneyZen: The Secret to Finding Your “Enough” Manisha Thakor HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins (August 2023) If you are ensnared in the Cult of Never Enough, here’s how to extract yourself. Why did Manisha Thakor write this book? Her response: “MoneyZen…

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Creative Confidence: A Book Review by Bob Morris

August 11, 2023

Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All David Kelley and Tom Kelley Currency (October 2013) How almost anyone can develop a creative, human-centered mindset and help achieve breakthrough innovations I read and reviewed this book when it was…

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In the Bird Cage: Finding out what funny is

August 10, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from a “classic ” article, written by Steve Martin and featured in The New Yorker (October 22, 2007).  To read the complete  article, check out others, and obtain information about subscription rates, please click here.…

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The One Truth: A book review by Bob Morris

August 9, 2023

The One Truth: Elevate Your Mind, Unlock Your Power, Heal Your Soul Jon Gordon Wiley (June 2023) A truth? Reasonable. THE truth? Presumptuous. I agree with Jon Gordon that valuable dimensions of truth can be revealed during earnest efforts to…

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