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Narcissism: The Difference Between High Achievers and Leaders

July 19, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Justin Menkes for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. *     *     *…

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Donald N. Thompson: An interview by Bob Morris

July 10, 2012

Don Thompson is an economist and professor of marketing at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto. He has taught at Harvard Business School and the London School of Economics. He is author of nine books, including The $12 Million Stuffed Shark:…

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Calculating Success: A book review by Bob Morris

July 5, 2012

Calculating Success: How the New Workplace Analytics Will Revitalize Your Organization Carl Hoffman, Eric Lesser, and Tim Ringo Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why “the connective tissue between vision and execution is workforce analytics” According to Carl Hoffmann, Eric Lesser, and Tim Ringo, “there…

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Being Global: A book review by Bob Morris

July 3, 2012

Being Global: How to Think, Act, and Lead in a Transformed World Ángel Cabrera and Gregory Unruh Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why business leaders who develop a global mindset can help their companies to transcend cultural barriers Companies cannot become global leaders unless and…

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Paul B. Brown: An interview by Bob Morris

July 2, 2012

Paul B. Brown is a best-selling author who has written, co-written and “ghosted” numerous best-sellers including Customers for Life (with Carl Sewell.)  which has been translated into 19 differently languages and which continues to sell thousands of copies each month, some 23 years…

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Harvard Business Review on Winning Negotiations: A book review by Bob Morris

June 23, 2012

Harvard Business Review on Winning Negotiations Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How to bargain and close on deals by “letting the other chaps have it your way” This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first…

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Why You Should Not Avoid Office Politics

June 20, 2012

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. *     *     * Many managers hate office politics. But avoiding them altogether may hold…

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Oracles: A book review by Bob Morris

June 20, 2012

Oracles: How Prediction Markets Turn Employees into Visionaries Donald N. Thompson Harvard Business Review Press (2012) Why and how “prediction market democracy” tends to make better decisions that, eventually, produce better results Donald Thompson is an advocate of “prediction market democracy” because a prediction market can “revolutionize the…

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Was Steve Jobs a Good Decision Maker?

June 18, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tom Davenport for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click…

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Talk, Inc.: A book review by Bob Morris

June 16, 2012

Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why organizational conversation can – and should – be a new source of organizational power The results…

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