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Why Curious People Are Destined for the C-Suite

October 21, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Warren Berger for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…

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How Women Can Show Passion at Work Without Seeming “Emotional”

October 17, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Kathryn Heath and Jill Flynn for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive…

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Andrea Ovans on “What Is a Business Model?”

February 27, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Andrea Ovans for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…

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What is innovation?

November 25, 2014

There are hundreds (thousands?) of sources that provide complicated, usually stale answers to this question. Long ago, Oliver Wendell Holmes said he didn’t care a fig for simplicity on this side of complexity but would give his life for simplicity…

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What Makes a Leader: A book review by Bob Morris

July 2, 2014

What Makes a Leader: Why Emotional Intelligence Matters Daniel Goleman More Than Sound (2014) The “green thumb” needed to “grow” leaders My wife is a gourmet chef and what she demonstrated again last evening is that a great dinner depends…

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The Digital Marketer: A book review by Bob Morris

May 26, 2014

: Ten New Skills You Must Learn to Stay Relevant and Customer-Centric Larry Weber and Lisa Leslie Henderson Wiley (2014) How and why effective marketing depends on finding new and better answers to the same questions Since the ancient bazaars…

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Doug Conant: Why These Are My Favorite Leadership Books

December 11, 2013

Thinking about giving books as holiday gifts? Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Doug Conant for LinkedIn during which he discusses seven of his favorite books about leadership. To read the complete article and check out others,…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 10/14/13)

October 20, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Lessons from the Sandbox: Rediscovering the Keys to Business Success Alan Gregerman Why Great Leaders Don’t Take Yes for an Answer:…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 9/9/13)

September 15, 2013

  I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you:   BOOK REVIEWS Word of Mouse: 101+ Trends in How We Buy, Sell, Live, Learn, Work, and Play Marc Ostrofsky The Necessity…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 8/26/13)

September 1, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS (Forget a Mentor) Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career Sylvia Ann Hewlett Leading the Starbucks Way: 5…

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