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Jeff Thull, First Interview by Bob Morris

June 23, 2011

Thull is a leading-edge strategist and valued advisor for executive teams of major companies worldwide. As President and CEO of Prime Resource Group, he has designed and implemented business transformation and professional development programs for several dozen global corporations. He…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself: A book review by Bob Morris

June 23, 2011

HBR’s 10 Must Read on Managing Yourself Editors of Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Press (2010) This is one in a series of volumes that anthologizes what the editors of the Harvard Business Review consider to be the “must reads” in…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing People: A book review by Bob Morris

June 23, 2011

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing People Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) Why and how to manage yourself so that you can then manage others effectively This volume is one of several in a new series of anthologies…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy

June 23, 2011

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy Various contributors Harvard Business Press (2011) How to create “a unique and valuable position” by deciding what to do…and not do This volume is one of several in a new series of anthologies of…

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PrimeTime Women: A book review by Bob Morris

June 23, 2011

PrimeTime Women: How to Win the Hearts, Minds, and Business of Boomer Big Spenders Marti Barletta Kaplan Publishing (2006) The nature and extent of a “prime marketing opportunity” Those who have already read Marti Barletta’s Marketing to Women will welcome…

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Less Is More: A book review by Bob Morris

June 23, 2011

Less Is More: How Great Companies Use Productivity Jason Jennings Portfolio/Penguin (2002) This is the second of two books by Jennings that I have recently read, the other being It’s Not the Big That Eat the Small…It’s the Fast That…

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Hit the Ground Running: A book review by Bob Morris

June 23, 2011

Hit the Ground Running: A Manual for New Leaders Jason Jennings Portfolio/Penguin (2009) Through a rigorous process of identification, consideration, evaluation, and elimination best explained in the book, Jason Jennings and his research associates selected nine exemplar companies and their…

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Think Big, Act Small: A book review by Bob Morris

June 23, 2011

Think Big, Act Small: How America’s Best Performing Companies Keep the Start-up Spirit Alive Jason Jennings Portfolio/Penguin (2005) As I read this volume, I was reminded of at least some of the material in Sun Tzu’s The Art of War…

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It’s Not the Big That Eat the Small…It’s the Fast That Eat the Slow: A book review by Bob Morris

June 23, 2011

It’s Not the Big That Eat the Small…It’s the Fast That Eat the Slow: How to Use Speed as a Competitive Tool in Business Jason Jennings &  Laurence HaughtonHarperBusiness (2001) Speed Plus Torque = Victory!   In the Prologue, Jennings…

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Praise as Much as You Criticize

June 23, 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. Human performance is inconsistent—even world-class athletes have off days. Yet, most managers focus…

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