Bill George

How Great Leaders Avoid Burnout

August 20, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Ilan Mochari for Inc. magazine. He explains how and why great leaders have overcome adversity on their own, through mental toughness, with no help — and that’s how anyone else can…

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The Road to Character: A book review by Bob Morris

April 28, 2015

The Road to Character David Brooks Random House (2015) Here is a thoughtful and heartfelt affirmation of a “moral ecology” that can help all of us to cultivate stronger character I have read and then reviewed most of David Brooks’…

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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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The High-Speed Company: A book review by Bob Morris

March 26, 2015

The High-Speed Company: Creating Urgency and Growth in a Nanosecond Culture Jason Jennings with Laurence Haughton Portfolio/Penguin Group (March 2015) How to accelerate personal growth and professional development in almost any organization, whatever its size or nature In one of…

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The Responsible Leader: A book review by Bob Morris

March 1, 2015

The Responsible Leader: Developing a Culture of Responsibility in an Uncertain World Tim Richardson KoganPage (2015) Without individual as well as shared accountability, little (if anything) of enduring value can be accomplished. As I began to read Tim Richardson’s book,…

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An unlikely role model for those who aspire to be an engaged supervisor in business

August 31, 2014

In The Explorer Gene, Tom Cheshire explains how three generations of the Piccard family went higher, deeper, and further than anyone else had ever done before. Auguste Piccard was the patriarch. At one point, he accepted a position at the…

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Warren Bennis: Still Surprised…and Fondly Remembered

August 2, 2014

I was saddened to learn of Warren Bennis‘ death this past Thursday in Los Angeles at age 89. The title of his last of several dozen books, Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership, is especially appropriate because,…

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The CEO Difference: A book review by Bob Morris

March 19, 2014

The CEO Difference: How to Climb, Crawl, and Leap Your Way to the Next Level of Your Career D.A. Benton McGraw-Hill (2014) Key insights on personal growth and professional development Why did Debra Benton write this book? “My purpose is…

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What You’re Really Meant to Do: A book review by Bob Morris

May 24, 2013

What You’re Really Meant to Do: A Roadmap for Reaching Your Unique Potential Robert Steven Kaplan Harvard Business Review Press (2013) To paraphrase Walt Whitman, “We are large, we contain multitudes.” Self-improvement initiatives or, if you prefer, self-fulfillment or self-actualization…

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Rain: A book review by Bob Morris

April 9, 2013

Rain: What a Paperboy Learned About Business Jeffrey J. Fox Jossey-Bass (2009) Note: I read and reviewed this book when it was published about four years ago and recently re-read it in combination with Secrets of Great Rainmakers as I now complete a revised marketing…

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