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How to Make Emotional Connections with Your Employees

March 13, 2013

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. The higher up you go in an organization, the more important is to…

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Leigh Thompson: An interview by Bob Morris

March 13, 2013

Leigh Thompson is the J. Jay Gerber Professor of Dispute Resolution & Organizations in the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She directs the highly successful Kellogg executive course, Leading High Impact Teams, and the Kellogg Team and Group…

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The Perils of Preaching to Children

March 12, 2013

A Baptist pastor was presenting a children’s sermon. During the sermon, he asked the children if they knew what the resurrection was. Now, asking questions during children’s sermons is crucial, but at the same time, asking children questions in front…

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The Case for Stealth Innovation

March 12, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a…

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How to Create a Culture In Which Female Leaders Can Thrive

March 12, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nellie Borrero 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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“Out of the Mouths of Babes”: Part 2

March 11, 2013

These comments are authentic, obtained from several sources, provided by children after having attended a vacation Bible class. o In the first book of the Bible, Guinness’s, God got tired of creating the world, so He took the Sabbath off.…

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Sheryl Sandberg to Harvard Biz Grads: “Find a rocket ship and ride it.”

March 11, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article contributed to Forbes by Kashmir Hill. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Harvard Business School grad and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg…

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Big Data: A book review by Bob Morris

March 11, 2013

Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2013) A “treasure hunt” to extract insights from data and unleash dormant value by a shift from causation to…

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The value of sportsmanship in business

March 11, 2013

Here is an article written by Michael Hess for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the website’s newsletters, please click here.…

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Innovation as Usual: A book review by Bob Morris

March 10, 2013

Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How and why the healthiest organizations are those in which pursuit of improvement is constant, tenacious, and…

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