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Nancy Lublin’s “Thoughts on Giving/Receiving Criticism at Work”

November 18, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Nancy Lublin featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * This past week, we learned that DoSomething.org is the 15th…

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Realizing the power of talented women

September 23, 2014

In 2010, eBay embarked on a journey to bring more women into its top ranks. It found that commitment, measurement, and culture outweigh a business case and HR policies. Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Michelle…

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Collective Genius: A book review by Bob Morris

June 29, 2014

Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation Linda Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback Harvard Business Review Press (2014) Valuable perspectives on the role of the leader in creating and then sustaining a culture within which…

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From anti-capitalist to CEO: How Nasty Gal’s Sophia Amoruso made it big

June 12, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt of an interview of Sophia Amoruso by Jena McGregor for the Wasington Post. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo by Autumn de Wilde * *…

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Bad to great: The path to scaling up excellence

February 18, 2014

Here is a portion of an excerpt from Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less, co-authored by Robert Sutton and Huggy Rao, featured by the McKinsey Quarterly. Sutton and Rao discuss companies that have scaled up excellence…

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Scott Anthony on “Eight Essential Questions for Every Corporate Innovator”

February 7, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Scott Anthony 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 HBR…

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Here’s an Important Innovation Lesson: Disrupt Before You’re Disrupted

November 15, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Patrick Houston and published by InformationWeek. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * Even innovators struggle with the pace of change. Here are some of the…

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Triple Crown Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

July 11, 2012

Triple Crown Leadership: Building Excellent, Ethical, and Enduring Organizations Bob Vanourek and Gregg Vanourek McGraw-Hill (2012) “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.”  Vince Lombardi The Lombardi remarks help to explain why Bob Vanourek…

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Adam Lashinsky : An interview by Bob Morris

March 15, 2012

Adam Lashinsky is a senior editor at large for FORTUNE Magazine, where he covers Silicon Valley and Wall Street. Some of his cover-story subjects have included Apple, Hewlett-Packard and Google. He has written in-depth articles on Wells Fargo, Intel, Oracle, eBay, Twitter, and the venture-capital industry,…

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Dan Roam: Second Interview, by Bob Morris

October 28, 2011

“I believe that any problem can be solved with a picture. And that anybody can draw it.” Dan Roam is the author of two international bestsellers, The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures and Unfolding the Napkin: The Hands-On Method for Solving Complex…

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