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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 3/4/13)

March 10, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: REVIEWS Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg Finding Keepers: The Monster…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 2/18/13)

February 24, 2013

  I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Success Under Stress: Powerful Tools for Staying Calm, Confident, and Productive When the Pressure’s On Sharon Melnick The Score Takes…

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Achim Nowak: An interview by Bob Morris

February 21, 2013

Achim Nowak is an internationally recognized authority on executive presence and interpersonal connections. His just-published book Infectious: How to Connect Deeply and Unleash the Energetic Leader Within (Allworth Press) has already received acclaim in Fast Company, Entrepreneur, Leadership Excellence, and…

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How To Make Your Employees Happier

February 4, 2013

Here is an abbreviated version of an article written by Anne Kreamer and featured in Fast Company magazine. As she explains, workplace happiness increases productivity, stimulates creativity, and makes employees more willing to take risks. She examines how some executives…

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Lydia Dishman on ” The 5 rules of happy employees”

January 28, 2013

Lydia Dishman notes that, in her book It’s Always Personal: Navigating Emotion in the New Workplace, Anne Kreamer points to recent research from Sigal Barsade of the Wharton School of Business that indicates positive moods prompt “more flexible decision-making and…

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Josh Linkner on “Why saying NO is so easy”

January 22, 2013

Here is Josh Linkner‘s latest blog post in which he again shares his insights concerning a familiar subject that is infrequently discussed: self-appointed “idea police” who defend the status quo. To check out his website, please click here. To read…

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Three Secrets to Make a Message Go Viral

January 17, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Dan and Chip Heath, featured in an issue of Fast Company a few years ago. As you’ll see, it has timeless relevance. To read the complete article, please click here. *…

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Matthew E. May: Second Interview, Part 2, by Bob Morris

December 2, 2012

Matthew E. May is the author of The Laws of Subtraction: 6 Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Excess Everything, as well as three previous, award-winning books: The Elegant Solution, In Pursuit of Elegance, and The Shibumi Strategy.…

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Matthew E. May: Second Interview, Part 1, by Bob Morris

November 30, 2012

Matthew E. May is the author of The Laws of Subtraction: 6 Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Excess Everything, as well as three previous, award-winning books: The Elegant Solution, In Pursuit of Elegance, and The Shibumi Strategy.…

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Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton on how and why “Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch”

November 21, 2012

Here is an excerpt from a recent blog post by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton, the co-founders of Culture Works. To read the complete article and check out other resources, please click here. * * * Too often in our…

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