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Vivian Schiller’s “Big Idea 2014”: Leap Year For Media — and Me

January 8, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Vivian Schiller for LinkedIn’s “Big Ideas 2014” series in which LinkedIn Influencers pick one big idea that will shape 2014. Amidst all the fuss about Cheryl Sandberg and her advocacy…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 11/18/13)

November 24, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Leader’s Guide to Speaking with Presence: How to Project Confidence, Conviction, and Authority John Baldoni Surrounded by Geniuses: Unlocking the…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 11/11/13)

November 17, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Out-Executing the Competition: Building and Growing a Financial Services Company in Any Economy Irv Rothman The Birkman Method: Your Personality at…

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Teddy Roosevelt’s “Bully Pulpit” Isn’t the Platform It Once Was: An interview of Doris Kearns Goodwin

November 12, 2013

Doris Kearns Goodwin‘s latest of several brilliant biographies, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, was recently published by Simon & Schuster. Here is a brief excerpt of an interview of her by…

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The Amazon Mystery: What America’s Strangest Tech Company Is Really Up To

November 1, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Derek Thompson for The Atlantic. In it, he discusses why investors love Jeff Bezos’s global-everything store, even though they aren’t making any money from it yet—and it’s not clear how they…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 8/26/13)

September 1, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS (Forget a Mentor) Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career Sylvia Ann Hewlett Leading the Starbucks Way: 5…

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Nicole Lipkin on “Five Steps for Active Listening”

August 23, 2013

In What Keeps Leaders Up at Night: Recognizing and Resolving Your Most Troubling Management Issues, published by AMACOM, Nicole Lipkin offers a wealth of information, insights, and counsel on how to accelerate personal growth and personal development. I am especially…

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Andy Molinsky: An interview by Bob Morris

August 6, 2013

Andy Molinsky is an associate professor at Brandeis University’s International Business School, with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology. He is also the author of Global Dexterity: How to Adapt Behavior Across Cultures Without Losing Yourself in the…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 7/29/13)

August 4, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Inside the Box: A Proven System of Creativity for Breakthrough Results Drew Boyd and Jacob Goldenberg Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson…

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Jonah Berger: An interview by Bob Morris

August 4, 2013

What leads products, ideas, and behaviors to catch on and become popular? Jonah Berger studies how word of mouth and social influence drive social epidemics and trends. He is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School at the…

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