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You’ve Hired the Best Talent – Now How Do You Keep Them?

December 16, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Linda Descano, published by LinkedIn. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * A few weeks ago, I shared insights on hiring as part…

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Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson On The Magic of Disney

December 16, 2013

Here is the introduction to an interview of Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson by Pamela Lyndon of the NPR staff. They co-star in Saving Mr. Banks. To read highlights from the interview and check out other NPR resources, please click…

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Why a Successful Transition is a Great Legacy

December 15, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Angela Ahrendts, published by LinkedIn. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * As you’ll know from my earlier posts, I firmly believe in…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 12/9/13)

December 15, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Trust, Inc.: How to Create a Business Culture That Will Ignite Passion, Engagement, and Innovation Nan Russell True Alignment: Linking Company…

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Trust, Inc.: A book review by Bob Morris

December 14, 2013

Trust, Inc.: How to Create a Business Culture That Will Ignite Passion, Engagement, and Innovation Nan Russell Career Press (2014) How to establish, nourish, and sustain a culture based on mutual trust It is no coincidence that many (if not…

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A novel path to financial success

December 14, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article by Jeremy Olshan for the Wall Street Journal in which he suggests that, in times of money trouble, some turn to financial advisers. He turns to books. To read the complete article, check…

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Roger Martin on “Five Initiatives Needed in a Designer-Unfriendly Environment”

December 13, 2013

In 1969, Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon noted: “Engineering, medicine, business, architecture, and painting are concerned not with the necessary but with the contingent — not with how things are, but with they might be — in short, with design. Every…

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Brain Food Nuggets (51-60)

December 13, 2013

  The buffet awaits: o “The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.” Sholom Aleichem o “The only reply to distrust is candor.” Martin Buber o “Advice is given freely because so much of it is worthless.” James…

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Roman Krznaric on “How Should We Live?”

December 13, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from Maria Popova‘s brilliant discussion of Roman Krznaric’s book, How Should We Live? History’s Forgotten Wisdom on Love, Time, Family, Empathy, and Other Aspects of the Art of Living, published by Blueridge (December 2013). According…

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Holiday Greetings from Dorie Clark

December 12, 2013

I am always eager to help promote the work of those I have interviewed and whose books I have reviewed. Here’s an excerpt from an email I just received from Dorie Clark: “Happy holidays! Thanks for your friendship and support…

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