Harvard Business Review Press

HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Teams: A book review by Bob Morris

March 1, 2013

HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Teams Various Contributors with Editors of Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review Press (2013) Most teams self-destruct. Don’t let that happen to yours. This is one in a series of anthologies of individual articles that…

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Making Star Teams Out of Star Players

February 20, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael Mankins, Alan Bird, and James Root 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…

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Playing to Win: A book review by Bob Morris

February 17, 2013

Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works A.G. Lafley and Roger Martin Harvard Business Review Press (2013) “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” Michael Porter I am pleased that A.G. Lafley has co-authored another book, with…

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Conscious Capitalism: A book review by Bob Morris

February 14, 2013

Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business  John Mackey and Raj Sisodia Harvard Business Review Press (2013) Why John Mackey and Raj Sisodia are convinced that “Conscious Capitalism will become a dominant paradigm for how to do business” In this book, John Mackey and Raj…

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Decide & Deliver: A book review by Bob Morris

February 13, 2013

Decide & Deliver: Five Steps to Breakthrough Performance in Your Organization Marcia W. Blenko, Michael C. Mankins, and Paul Rogers Harvard Business Review Press (2010) How and why making the right decisions will sustain superior performance This book’s co-authors, Marcia…

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Creative Conspiracy: A book review by Bob Morris

February 10, 2013

Creative Conspiracy: The New Rules of Breakthrough Collaboration Leigh Thompson Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How and why focused, individual work can achieve innovation breakthroughs when combined with structured team interaction However different they may be in many respects, all…

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The Architecture of Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

February 5, 2013

The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative Organizations Josh Lerner Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How to combine two traditional models for innovation “within a powerful system that consistently and efficiently produces new ideas” By nature, books about innovation…

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The Balanced Scorecard: A book review by Bob Morris

January 21, 2013

The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton Harvard Business Review Press (1996) How do you know of your organization is improving, deteriorating, or stagnant? Note: Do not be deterred by the publication date…

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HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers: A book review by Bob Morris

December 28, 2012

HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2012) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Derrek Bok This is one of the first volumes in a new series of anthologies of articles previously published in Harvard Business Review, in…

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Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind: An interview by Bob Morris

December 19, 2012

Boris Groysberg is a professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at the Harvard Business School. Currently, he teaches courses on talent management and leadership in the school’s MBA and Executive Education programs. He has won numerous awards…

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