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The Critical Few: Components of a Truly Effective Culture

March 21, 2014

Here’s a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Jon Katzenbach, Rutger von Post, and James Thomas for strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. In it, they discuss why business leaders should forget the monolithic change management programs and…

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Scaling Up Excellence: A book review by Bob Morris

March 21, 2014

Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao Crown Business (2014) How to increase and improve “pockets of peak performance” throughout the given enterprise Three of the greatest separate but related challenges…

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Art Kleiner on “The Importance of Being Mindful”

March 20, 2014

Here’s a brief excerpt from an article written by Art Kleiner for strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. In it, he shares his thoughts about the relevance of mindfulness to workplace performance. To read the complete article, check out…

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Reality Is Broken: A book review by Bob Morris

March 20, 2014

Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World Jane McGonical The Penguin Press 2011) How an why “people who understand the power and potential of games…will be the people who invent our future”…

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Jeff Lawson, (chief executive of Twilio) in “The Corner Office”

March 19, 2014

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 Jeff Lawson, chief executive of…

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The CEO Difference: A book review by Bob Morris

March 19, 2014

The CEO Difference: How to Climb, Crawl, and Leap Your Way to the Next Level of Your Career D.A. Benton McGraw-Hill (2014) Key insights on personal growth and professional development Why did Debra Benton write this book? “My purpose is…

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The 5 Traits of a Company’s “Top Talent”

March 19, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article by Beth Kuhel and featured by Business Insider. To read the complete article and check out other resources, please click here. Photo Credit: Flickr/Heisenberg Media * * * If you want to get…

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A Playful Path: A book review by Bob Morris

March 18, 2014

A Playful Path Bernard De Koven Lulu.com (2014) “Games are clues to the future. And their serious cultivation now is perhaps our only salvation.” Bernard Suits This is the latest in a series of books and articles that Bernie De…

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John Kotter on how almost any organization can accelerate growth and profitability while retaining its structural integrity

March 18, 2014

I have read all of John Kotter‘s books and reviewed most of them. In my opinion, mo other business thinker in recent years has made a greater contribution to our understanding of what continues to be a highly competitive, tumultuous…

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Invaluable advice for job-hunting college seniors

March 18, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by David l. Pierce for the Wall Street Journal. You may have a college senior in your family or know one or more elsewhere. If so, I hope you will share it.…

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