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Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations: A book review by Bob Morris

October 31, 2012

Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations: Aligning Culture and Strategy Daniel Denison, Robert Hooijberg, Nancy Lane, and Colleen Lief Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) Why and how both culture and strategy must be aligned and integrated throughout any organizational change process…

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Leverage Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

October 9, 2012

Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools Paul Bambrick-Santoyo Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”  Derek Bok This book is best viewed as an operations manual with a toolkit for those directly involved in public school education in…

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Chris Grivas and Gerard J. Pucchio: An interview by Bob Morris

August 19, 2012

As principal of Chris Grivas Consulting, a global consultancy headquartered in Seattle, Chris Grivas focuses on increasing the creative capacity of individuals, teams, and organizations. An organizational and leadership development professional, he customizes approaches to development for individuals, teams, and the organization…

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Care to Dare: A book review by Bob Morris

August 11, 2012

Care to Dare: Unleashing Astonishing Potential Through Secure Base Leadership George Kohlrieser, Susan Goldsworthy, and Duncan Coombe Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) “Dream more than others think practical. Expect more than others think possible. Care more than others think wise.”  —…

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Teaming: A book review by Bob Morris

May 15, 2012

Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy Amy C. Edmondson Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) Why and how the most valuable organizational learning occurs: through teams Amy Edmondson characterizes “teaming” as “teamwork on the fly.” It could also be termed “informal collaboration on steroids.” Whatever,…

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TouchPoints: A book review by Bob Morris

May 3, 2012

TouchPoints: Creating Powerful Leadership Connections in the Smallest Moments Douglas Conant and Mette Norgaard Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2011) How to prepare for and then embrace the privilege of being of meaningful service to others This volume endorses the principles of servant…

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Get Lucky: A book review by Bob Morris

April 24, 2012

Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business Thor Muller and Lane Becker Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) How and why to cultivate conditions and develop skills for chance encounters that offer new business opportunities…

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The Advantage: A book review by Bob Morris

March 26, 2012

The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business  Patrick Lencioni Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) The power of redundant “overcommunication” of what is most important to achieve and sustain organizational health After eight bestselling business fables, Patrick Lencioni has…

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Why Women Mean Business: A book review by Bob Morris

March 20, 2012

Why Women Mean Business: Understanding the Emergence of Our Next Economic Revolution Avivah Wittenberg-Cox and Alison Maitland Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2008) How and why companies that are “gender bilingual” are the most highly-admired, best to work for…and the most profitable…

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