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Still Waiting for Superwoman

July 28, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Richard D. Kahlenberg for Slate magazine. To read the complete article, please click here. *     *     * What Michelle Rhee’s fans don’t get about education reform The national press and political…

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Leadership Brand: A book review by Bob Morris

July 28, 2011

Leadership Brand: Developing Customer-Focused Leaders to Drive Performance and Build Lasting Value Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood Harvard Business School Press (2007) Note: I recently re-read several books that were published a while ago. Here is my review of Leadership…

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A really cool idea….

July 28, 2011
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Working Fathers Struggle to Balance It All: What That Means for Women

July 28, 2011

        Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. “Visit us daily to discover issues…

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Adrian J. Slywotzky, Part 1: An interview by Bob Morris

July 28, 2011

Adrian J. Slywotzky is a consultant and author of several books on economic theory and management. He graduated from Harvard College and holds a JD from Harvard Law School and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He has worked as a consultant since 1979 and is currently a partner at Oliver Wyman. His published books include Value Migration: How to Think Several Moves Ahead of…

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50 Spiritual Classics: A book review by Bob Morris

July 28, 2011

50 Spiritual Classics: Timeless Wisdom from 50 Great Books on Inner Discovery, Enlightenment and Purpose Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey Publishing (2005) To paraphrase Walt Whitman, “We are large, we contain multitudes” Note: This is one of volumes in the 5o…

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Inside Real Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

July 28, 2011

Inside Real Innovation: How the Right Approach Can Move Ideas from R&D to Market – And Get the Economy Going Eugene Fitzgerald, Andreas Wankerl, and Carl Schramm World Scientific Publishing Co. (2011) How and why emerging innovation paradigms can generate…

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Compete on Analytics

July 28, 2011

  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. Differentiating your company based on products or cost is near impossible these…

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Take the Lead at Your Next Performance Review

July 27, 2011

The material that follows is an excerpt from a Harvard Management Update. To read the full report and check out other resources, please click here. *     *     * The management literature is full of advice for those who want to…

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Valuable lessons to be learned from Cirque du Soleil

July 27, 2011

My first full-time job was stocking shelves and bagging groceries at the local Jewel Tea store near my home on the South Side of Chicago. It was during summer vacation. Almost immediately I realized that many of the rules I…

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