Harvard Business Review Press

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on High Performance: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 25, 2023

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on High Performance Various Contributors and HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (May 2022) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle’s insight refers to organizations as well…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Performance Management: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 24, 2023

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Performance Management Various Contributors in Collaboration with HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (April 2023) “Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.” Warren Bennis As you no doubt know already,…

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Move Fast & Fix Things: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 18, 2023

Move Fast & Fix Things: The Trusted Leader’s Guide to Solving Hard Problems Frances Frei and Anne Morriss Harvard Business Review Press (October 2023) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” …

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Trust: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 9, 2023

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Trust Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2023) “Trust is the glue of life, of all our relationships with others.”  Stephen Covey As you no doubt know already, Harvard Business Review Press publishes several series…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Performance Management: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 6, 2023

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Performance Management Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2023) “Vision without execution is hallucination.”  Thomas Edison As you no doubt know already, Harvard Business Review Press publishes several series of anthologies of articles previous published…

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Energy Rising: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 3, 2023

Energy Rising: The Neuroscience of Leading with Emotional Power Julia DiGangi Harvard Business Review Press (September 2023) How and why emotional lives run on the brain’s real, physical energy…for better or worse Years ago, Theodore Roosevelt observed that “people won’t…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Talent: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 1, 2023

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Talent Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2022) “Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If its an original, you will have to ram it down their throats.” Howard Aiken As you no doubt know…

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HBR Guide to Designing Your Retirement: A Book Review by Bob Morris

September 20, 2023

HBR Guide to Designing Your Retirement Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (July 2023) How to explore your options, reimagine your identity, and create a fulfilling life As you probably know already, most of the volumes in the “HBR Guide…

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HBR Guide to Executing Your Strategy: A Book Review by Bob Morris

September 14, 2023

HBR Guide to Executing Your Strategy Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (January 2019) How to communicate the plan, maintain momentum, and achieve your vision I agree with Thomas Edison who once observed, “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Even the…

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Power to the Middle: A book review by Bob Morris

August 5, 2023

Power to the Middle: Why Managers Hold the Keys to the Future of Work Bill Schaninger, Bryan Hancock, and Emily Field Harvard Business Review Press (July 2023) “Vision without execution is hallucination” Thomas Edison At the outset of this brief commentary,…

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