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INSPIRE! A book review by Bib Morris

June 10, 2011

Inspire!: Why Customers Come Back Jim Champy Financial Times Press/Pearson (2009) Those who read Champy’s previous book, OUTSMART!, know that in it he drew metaphorically from of Charles Darwin’s observations, “Species always breed beyond available resources,” “Those species with favorable…

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Jim Champy: An interview by Bob Morris

June 9, 2011

Now serving as chairman of Perot Systems’ consulting practice, Jim Champy is recognized throughout the world for his work on leadership and management issues and on organizational change and business reengineering. He is the author of several books that include…

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Seeing What’s Next: A book review by Bob Morris

June 9, 2011

Seeing What’s Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony, and Erik A. Roth Harvard Business School Press (2004) Together with Erik A. Roth and Scott D. Anthony, offers in this volume…

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Clayton M. Christensen: An interview by Bob Morris

June 9, 2011

Clayton Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, with a joint appointment in the Technology & Operations Management and General Management faculty groups. His research and teaching interests center on the…

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Save Your Company from Reorg Misery

June 9, 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. In response to less than stellar results, many managers overhaul the team,…

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Superagent Andrew Wylie on being an e-reading book snob

June 9, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Andrew Wylie for WSJ Magazine (June 2011). To read the complete article, please click here. In an introduction to the article, Daniel Gross explains that literary agent Andrew Wylie “is of…

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The five co-authors of Change Anything: An interview by Bob Morris

June 9, 2011

Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler are associates in the VitalSmarts firm, “An innovator in corporate training and organizational performance, VitalSmarts helps teams and organizations achieve the results they care about most.” They have also…

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“20 Established Business Rules You Should Bring to the Dating World”

June 8, 2011

Once again, I am deeply grateful to Rose King for sharing a recent post at the the AccountingDegree.com website. Here’s how those who visit the website are greeted: “Welcome to Accounting Degree.com where we can put you on the fast…

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The Essays of Warren Buffett: A book review by Bob Morris

June 8, 2011

The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, Second Edition Warren E. Buffett with Lawrence A. Cunningham The Cunningham Group (2008) Note: Cunningham is a contributor as well as editor of the essays that Buffet wrote over the years,…

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Treat Every Task as Three Steps, Not One

June 8, 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. Most managers complain of not having enough time. They rush through tasks so…

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