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It’s All About Who You Hire, How They Lead…: A book review by Bob Morris

March 30, 2013

It’s All About Who You Hire, How They Lead…and Other Essential Advice from a Self-Made Leader Morton L. Mandel with John A. Byrne Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2013) How and why almost any organization “can be a growth business if you…

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Liz Wiseman on Good and Bad “Multipliers” in the Workplace Environment

January 11, 2013

In Multipliers, written with Greg McKeown, Liz Wiseman juxtaposes two quite different types of persons whom she characterizes as the “Multiplier” and the “Diminisher.” Although she refers to them as leaders, suggesting they have supervisory responsibilities, they could also be direct…

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Grow Your Company as Big as Zappos.com: 7 Tips From Tony Hsieh

November 19, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article  written by Allison Fass and published by Inc. magazine in which Tony Hsieh, serial entrepreneur and CEO of Zappos.com, offers leadership advice for fast-growing companies. To read the complete article, please click here. *  …

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Morten T. Hansen on “Ten Ways to Get People to Change”

November 5, 2012

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Morten T. Hansen 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…

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The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

September 18, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Greg McKeown 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…

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The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

August 24, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Greg McKeown 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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Morten T. Hansen on “When Good Management Is a Matter of Life and Death”

August 21, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Morten T. Hansen 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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“It’s never too late to be great….”

April 16, 2012

Tom Butler-Bowdon has only recently received in the United States the attention and appreciation that he so richly deserves. Years ago, he formulated his “50 Classics” concept,  based on the idea that “every subject or genre will contain at least 50…

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The Three Laws of Performance: A book review by Bob Morris

February 29, 2012

The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2011) A 21st century version of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave In his comments in the “Editor’s Note”…

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“Hear the roar of our engines….”

February 8, 2012

Until last Sunday, I thought that the best commercial shown in conjunction with a Super Bowl was Apple’s with its “1984” theme. Leland Russell has praised Clint Eastwood’s two-minute commercial for Chrysler, “It’s Halftime in America,” and I agree with Russell.…

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