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Find Your Next: A book review by Bob Morris

December 9, 2011

Find Your Next: Using the Business Genome Approach to Find Your Company’s Next Competituve Edge Andrea Kates McGraw-Hill (2012) How and why “six key elements are essential to every vision’s success” Andrea Kates and I am among those who agree…

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The Disney Way: A book review by Bob Morris

October 2, 2011

The Disney Way: Harnessing the Management Secrets of Disney in Your Company William Capodagli and Lynn Jackson McGraw Hill, Second Edition (2006) The ROI of “Magic” According to William Capodagli and Lynn Jackson, “This book tells the inside story of…

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Breaking Away: A book review by Bob Morris

September 21, 2011

Breaking Away: How Great Leaders Create Innovation That Drives Sustainable Growth – and Why Others Fail Jane Stevenson and Bilal Kaafarani McGraw-Hill (2011) How and why to create a “magic mix” of innovation leadership with innovation processes Year after year,…

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The New Gold Standard: A book review by Bob Morris

September 8, 2011

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) Those who have stayed at a Ritz-Carlton hotel or have attended an event held at one…

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Joseph A. Michelli: Second Interview, by Bob Morris

September 7, 2011

Joseph A. Michelli is an internationally sought-after speaker, author, and organizational consultant who has been described as “catching what is right in the world and playfully sparking people and businesses to grow toward the extraordinary.” In addition to writing best-selling books about enduring business principles, Dr. Michelli…

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The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement: A book review by Bob Morris

August 31, 2011

The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement: Linking Strategy and Operational Excellence to Achieve Superior Performance Jeffrey K. Liker and James K. Franz McGraw-Hill (2011) How and why the Toyota Way principles can achieve excellence in every part of almost any…

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The Toyota Way: A book review by Bob Morris

August 13, 2011

The Toyota Way Jeffrey Liker McGraw-Hill (2003) To understand Toyota’s success, first understand its DNA I read this book when it was first published in 2004 and recently re-read it, curious to know how well Jeffrey Liker’s explanation of Toyota’s…

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The Why of Work: A book review by Bob Morris

August 2, 2011

The Why of Work: How Great Leaders Build Abundant Organizations That Win Dave Ulrich and Wendy Ulrich McGraw-Hill (2010) Dave and Wendy Ulrich organize the material in this book within a framework of seven questions. As you review the list,…

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HR Transformation: A book review by Bob Morris

July 29, 2011

HR Transformation: Building Human Resources From the Outside In Dave Ulrich, Justin Allen, Wayne Brockbank, Jon Younger, and Mark Nym McGraw-Hill (2009) In an uncommonly informative Introduction, the authors assert, “Our point is that HR professionals often focus entirely in…

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