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The Steadfast Leader: A Book Review by Bob Morris

February 22, 2024

The Steadfast Leader: Control Anxiety, Make Confident Decisions, and Focus Your Team Using the New Science of Leadership Randy Brazie and Geoffrey Vanderpal McGraw Hill (November 2023) How to become a high-impact instinctive leader   The last time I checked, Amazon…

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Decision Sprint: A book review by Bob Morris

May 14, 2023

Decision Sprint: The New Way to Innovate into the Unknown and Move from Strategy to Action Atif Rafiq McGraw Hill (April 2023) “If you have always done it that way, it’s probably wrong.” Charles Kettering To what does the title…

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One Bold Move a Day: A book review by Bob Morris

November 10, 2022

One Bold Move a Day: Meaningful Actions Women Can Take to Fulfill Their Leadership and Career Potential Shanna A. Hocking McGraw Hill (November 2020) “We are not our best intentions. We are what we do.” Emily Dickinson The title of…

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Exit Path: A book review by Bob Morris

August 15, 2022

Exit Path: Hows to Win the Startup End Game Touraj Parang McGraw Hill (July 2022) How and why good exits happen when companies are bought, not sold. The reasons vary, of course, but most startups fail within five years after…

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Arrive and Thrive: A book review by Bob Morris

April 15, 2022

Arrive and Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership Susan MacKenty Brady, Janet Foutty, and Lynn Perry Wooten McGraw Hill (April 2022) “What got you here won’t get you there.” Marshall Goldsmith Susan MacKentry Brady, Janet Foutty, and Lynn…

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The New Gold Standard: A book review by Bob Morris

March 9, 2022

The New Gold Standard: 5 Leadership Principles for Creating a Legendary Customer Experience Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company Joseph A. Michelli McGraw-Hill (2008) Lessons to be learned from the paragon of legendary customer  service  Does your organization need to…

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All Are Welcome: A book review by Bob Morris

March 9, 2022

All Are Welcome: How to Build a Real Workplace Culture of Inclusion that Delivers Results Cynthia Owyoung McGraw Hill (February 2022) “Your people won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt Maya Angelou…

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Connectable: A book review by Bob Morris

March 6, 2022

Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams from Isolated to All In Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen McGraw Hill (March 2022) The power and impact of thinking in terms of first-person PLURAL pronouns Why did Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van…

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Bridge the Gap: A book review by Bob Morris

March 4, 2022

Bridge the Gap: Breakthrough Communication Tools to Transform Work Relationships From Challenging to Collaborative Jennifer Edwards and Katie McCleary McGraw Hill (February 2022) ‘The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw…

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Built to Innovate: A book review by Bob Morris

October 8, 2021

Built to Innovate: Essential Practices to Wire Innovation into Your Company’s DNA Ben Bensaou with Karl Weber McGRaw-Hill (September 2021) How to establish and then nourish an innovation-driven workplace culture With assistance from Karl Weber, Ben Bensaou wrote a book…

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