Margaret Mead

Lead. Care. Win.: A book review by Bob Morris

October 10, 2020

Lead Care Win: How to Become a Leader Who Matters Dan Pontefract Figure 1 Publishing (September 2020) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Eppie Lederer (Ann Landers) I have read and reviewed each of Dan Pontefract’s three previously…

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Kathy Caprino on Self-Empowerment: An interview by Bob Morris

August 30, 2020

Kathy Caprino is an internationally-recognized women’s career, executive and leadership coach, Finding Brave™ expert, a Forbes senior contributor, writer and TEDx/national speaker dedicated to the advancement of women in business globally. The author of Breakdown, Breakthrough and her latest The…

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The Seventh Power: A book review by Bob Morris

March 12, 2020

The Seventh Power: One CEO’s Journey Into the Business of Shared Leadership Kevin Hancock Post Hill Press (February 2020) “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” Margaret Mead With all due respect to C-level executives, every…

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Pamela Newkirk on the Diversity Imperative: An interview by Bob Morris

November 17, 2019

Pamela Newkirk is a journalist, professor, and multidisciplinary scholar whose work traverses history and journalism. Her book, Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business, was published by Bold Type Books (October 2019). In it, she examines why, after five decades…

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Smartcuts: A book review by Bob Morris

August 22, 2019

Smartcuts: The Breakthrough Power of Lateral Thinking Shane Snow HarperBusiness (September 2014) “Sacred cows make the best burgers.”  Robert Kriegel As I began to read Smartcuts, I was again reminded of the fact that many (if not most) human limits…

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Randy Grieser on Culture-Driven Leadership: An interview by Bob Morris

May 28, 2019

Randy Grieser is the founder and CEO of ACHIEVE Centre for Leadership & Workplace Performance and the Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute. He is a visionary leader who, together with a team of employees and trainers, has positioned these organizations…

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The Big Nine: A book review by Bob Morris

March 10, 2019

The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity Amy Webb Public Affairs (March 2019) So many questions: Great peril or great opportunity? Both? Neither? Who decides? As author Shoshana Zuboff explains, The Age of…

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The Ideal Team Player: A book review by Bob Morris

March 6, 2019

The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate the Three Essential Virtues Patrick Lencioni Jossey-Bass/An Imprint of John Wiley & Sons (2016) How and why teamwork remains the ultimate competitive advantage because it is so powerful…and so rare This…

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New Year Reflections: “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”

January 2, 2019

A 12th century French monk, Bernard of Chartres, once observed that he “stood on the shoulders of giants.” Since 1999, I have reviewed about 3,600 business books (for Amazon US, UK, and Canada) and interviewed about 650 thought leaders. Those…

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Reflections On Two Decades of Business Interviews & Book Reviews

September 16, 2018

  A 12th century French monk, Bernard of Chartres, once observed that he “stood on the shoulders of giants.” Since 1999, I have reviewed about 3,400 business books (for Amazon US, UK, and Canada) and interviewed about 600 thought leaders.…

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