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Jeff Wolf: An interview by Bob Morris

May 8, 2015

Jeff Wolf is one of America’s foremost executive business coaches, speakers and management consultants. Prestigious Leadership Excellence magazine named him one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders for his accomplishments in leadership development, managerial effectiveness and organizational productivity. His strategic…

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Richard Newton: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

May 7, 2015

In his own words…. I’m an entrepreneur who writes. I’ve written three books. The End of Nice: How to be human in a world run by robots: This is a manifesto for human creativity in the age of machines, big…

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Twelve seconds that changed the world

May 7, 2015

I have just read and will soon review David McCullough‘s most recent book, The Wright Brothers, just published by Simon & Schuster (May 2015). Here are five of McCullough’s key points among dozens that I found of special interest: o…

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Rodd Wagner: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

May 6, 2015

Rodd Wagner is the New York Times bestselling author of the book Widgets: The 12 New Rules for Managing Your Employees As If They’re Real People, published by McGraw-Hill (April 2015). He is one of the foremost authorities on employee…

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Are You Fully Charged?: A book review by Bob Morris

May 6, 2015

Are You Fully Charged? The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life Tom Rath Silicon Guild/An imprint of Missionday (2015) How and why being “fully charged” can help to eliminate all limits that are self-imposed Humans need to be…

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3 Metrics With the Biggest Impact on Long-Term Success

May 6, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Dan Campbell for Talent Management magazine. To read the complete article, check out all the resources, and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer magazines…

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Robbie Kellman Baxter: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

May 5, 2015

Robbie Kellman Baxter created the popular business term “Membership Economy.” She is the founder of Peninsula Strategies LLC, a strategy consulting firm. The Peninsula Strategies website is www.peninsulastrategies.com. Her clients have included large organizations like Netflix, SurveyMonkey and Yahoo!, as…

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The rest of the story….

May 5, 2015

Most people don’t know that back in 1912 Hellman’s mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of…

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Power to the new people analytics

May 5, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Bruce Fecheyr-Lippens, Bill Schaninger, and Karen Tanner for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They explain how and why techniques used to mine consumer and industry data may…

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Twilight of the gurus

May 4, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from the Schumpeter column featured in The Economist. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration credit: Brett Ryder * * * The management-pundit industry is a…

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