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Maria Contreras-Sweet (head of the Small Business Administration) in “The Corner Office”

June 3, 2015

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 Maria Contreras-Sweet, head of the Small…

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Getting More Women into Senior Management

June 3, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rebecca Shambaugh 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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HBR Guide to Coaching Employees: A book review by Bob Morris

June 3, 2015

HBR Guide to Coaching Employees Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2014) “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams This is one of the volumes…

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The Wright Brothers: A book review by Bob Morris

June 2, 2015

The Wright Brothers David McCullough Simon & Schuster (2015) “Now they had only to build a motor.” David McCullough’s research and writing skills (especially storytelling) are again obvious in this, his tenth and latest book. In my opinion, what differentiate…

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Tom Butler-Bowdon on 50 Politics Classics

June 2, 2015

Here is a portion of a recent email that I received from Tom Butler-Bowdon. He discusses his latest book, 50 Politics Classics: Freedom Equality Power: Mind-Changing, World-Changing Ideas from Fifty Landmark Books and related issues. To check out his website,…

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Zero to One: A book review by Bob Morris

June 2, 2015

Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future Peter Thiel Crown Business (2014) How and why, “Only by seeing our world anew…can we both re-create it and preserve it for the future.” In the first…

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Learning to Succeed: A book review by Bob Morris

June 1, 2015

Learning to Succeed: Rethinking Corporate Education in a World of Unrelenting Change Jason Wingard AMACOM (2015) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer) According to Jason Wingard, his purpose in this book is to help…

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Five Beliefs that Erode Workplace Motivation (Part 2)

June 1, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Susan Fowler featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up to receive email alerts, please click here. * * * My previous post challenged…

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Thinkers50 Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

June 1, 2015

Thinkers 50 Strategy: The Art and Science of Strategy Creation and Execution Stuant Crainer and Des Dearlove McGraw-Hill Education What are the most valuable insights with regard to the art and science of strategy formulation and execution? This is one…

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Annette Simmons on the Power and Impact of Personal Stories: An interview by Bob Morris

May 31, 2015

Annette Simmons is a vibrant keynote speaker, consultant and author of four books: Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: How to Use Your Own Stories to Communicate with Power and Impact, Second Edition (2015); The Story Factor, 2nd Revised Edition,…

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