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The Leadership Capital Index: A book review by Bob Morris

October 16, 2015

The Leadership Capital Index: Realizing the Market Value of Leadership Dave Ulrich Berrett-Koehler Publishers (October 2019) Finally, a means by which to determine the bottom-line impact and value of individual and organizational leadership I have read and reviewed all of…

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Dare to Serve: A book review by Bob Morris

April 14, 2015

Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others Cheryl Bachelder Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2015) “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” Helen Keller In Jason Jennings’ latest book, The High-Speed Company, he draws upon 11,000 interviews of…

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Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work…and What Does: A book review by Bob Morris

December 4, 2014

Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work…and What Does: The New Science of Leading, Energizing, and Engaging Susan Fowler Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2014) Why and how we need to reevaluate traditional beliefs and practices in order to understand what motivation is…and isn’t Why…

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The Reciprocity Advantage: A book review by Bob Morris

October 29, 2014

The Reciprocity Advantage: A New Way to Partner for Innovation and Growth Bob Johansen and Karl Ronn Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2014) How and why the reciprocity advantage will become increasingly profitable in ways and to an extent only now imaginable As…

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The Heart of Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

October 17, 2013

The Heart of Leadership: Becoming a Leader People Want to Follow Mark Miller Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2013) How healthy is the cardiovascular system of your organization’s workforce? Those who have read one of more of Mark Miller’s previously published books already…

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Managers as Mentors: A book review by Bob Morris

June 25, 2013

Managers as Mentors: Building Partnerships for Learning Chip R. Bell and Marshall Goldsmith Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2013) Once upon a time, about 3,000 years ago…. According to Homer’s account in The Odyssey, before departing with his troops from his kingdom in…

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Six Numbers Reveal the Booming Business of Auto-Analytics

May 25, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by H. James Wilson 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 subscription to…

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Fear Your Strengths: A book review by Bob Morris

May 10, 2013

Fear Your Strengths: What You Are Best at Could Be Your Biggest Problem Robert Kaplan and Robert Kaiser Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2013) Actually, what we should fear are complacency and self-satisfaction as well as the assumption that “just good enough” really…

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Brilliance by Design: A book review by Bob Morris

November 12, 2012

Brilliance by Design: Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage Vicki Halsey Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2011) “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read; rather, they will be those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”…

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The Pause Principle: A book review by Bob Morris

October 10, 2012

The Pause Principle: Step Back to Lead Forward Kevin Cashman Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2012) “Great things are achieved by reflection, force of character, and judgment.” Marcus Tullius Cicero In his previous book, Kevin Cashman advocates what he characterizes as “leadership from…

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