Harvard Business Review Press

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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How to Influence People with Your Ideas

May 13, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Butman 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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Amy Jen Su and Muriel Maignan Wilkins

May 9, 2013

Amy Jen Su, managing partner and co-founder of Isis Associates, is an executive coach and speaker on issues of leadership presence and executive endurance that make a difference to a leader’s performance success. She has a proven track record helping…

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Own the Room: A book review by Bob Morris

April 8, 2013

Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence Amy Jen Su and Muriel Maignan Wilkins Harvard Business Review Press (2013) “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” Oscar Wilde In their Introduction, Any Jen Su and Muriel…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions: A book review by Bob Morris

March 31, 2013

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions Various Contributors and Editors of Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Press (2013 Learn why bad decisions happen to good managers — and how to make better ones This is one in a…

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Leigh Thompson: An interview by Bob Morris

March 13, 2013

Leigh Thompson is the J. Jay Gerber Professor of Dispute Resolution & Organizations in the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She directs the highly successful Kellogg executive course, Leading High Impact Teams, and the Kellogg Team and Group…

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Innovation as Usual: A book review by Bob Morris

March 10, 2013

Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How and why the healthiest organizations are those in which pursuit of improvement is constant, tenacious, and…

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Global Dexterity: A book review by Bob Morris

March 8, 2013

Global Dexterity: How to Adapt Your Behavior Across Cultures without Losing Yourself in the Process Andy Molinsky Harvard Business Review Press (2013) The Power of Behavior Modification Based on Values-Driven Cross-Cultural Management As I began to read this book, I…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

March 6, 2013

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Innovation Various Contributors with Editors of Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review Press (2013) “If at first the idea is not absurd, then there will be no hope for it.” Fond as I am of…

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