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Janet Elkin (chief executive of Supplemental Health Care) in “The Corner Office”

November 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 Janet Elkin, chief executive of…

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Daniel Goleman asks, “Do you perform better in high-pressure situations?”

November 19, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Daniel Goleman featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * People are often pressured in meetings to come up with…

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Dov Seidman’s HOW: A book review by Bob Morris

November 19, 2014

HOW: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything (Expanded Edition) Dov Seidmnan John Wiley & Sons (2011) HOW to manage the relationship between success and significance, not only to survive but also to thrive I read this book when it…

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Gary Hamel on “The Core Incompetencies of the Corporation”

November 18, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Gary Hamel 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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Nancy Lublin’s “Thoughts on Giving/Receiving Criticism at Work”

November 18, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Nancy Lublin featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * This past week, we learned that DoSomething.org is the 15th…

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The Digital Economy: A book review by Bob Morris

November 18, 2014

The Digital Economy: Rethinking Promise and Peril in the Age of Networked Intelligence (Anniversary Edition) Don Tapscott McGraw-Hill (2014) A brilliant exploration and analysis of what has become an “age of connected intelligence” worldwide This is the 20th Anniversary Edition…

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Management intuition for the next 50 years

November 17, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from a brilliant article written by Richard Dobbs, Sree Ramaswamy, Elizabeth Stephenson, and S. Patrick Viguerie for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They explain how and why the collision of technological disruption,…

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The Shifts and the Shocks: A book review by Bob Morris

November 17, 2014

The Shifts and the Shocks: What We’ve learned — and Have Still to Learn — from the Financial Crisis Martin Wolf Penguin Press (2014) How and why the financial and economic crises that hit the high-income countries after August 2007…

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Employee Engagement: 6 Powerful and Authentic Ways Work Makes You Well

November 16, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by David Zinger featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * Don’t go looking for your well-being outside of work when…

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Well-Designed: A book review by Bob Morris

November 16, 2014

Well-Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love Jon Kolko Harvard Business Review Press (2014) How to focus on people, celebrate emotional value, and drive optimism through lateral and divergent thinking I share Jon Kolko’s high regard for…

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