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Leading Firms: A book review by Bob Morris

May 30, 2013

Leading Firms: How Great Professional Service Firms Succeed & How Your Firm Can Too David Kuhlman SelectBooks (2013) Valuable perspectives on the unique and complicated world of professional services Since 1986 when I established my independent management consulting firm, I…

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Reinventing You: A book review by Bob Morris

May 28, 2013

Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future Dorie Clark Harvard Business Review Press (2013) “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” Oscar Wilde Don’t be deterred by the title. I wasn’t only because I hold Dorie Clark in such regard…

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What You’re Really Meant to Do: A book review by Bob Morris

May 24, 2013

What You’re Really Meant to Do: A Roadmap for Reaching Your Unique Potential Robert Steven Kaplan Harvard Business Review Press (2013) To paraphrase Walt Whitman, “We are large, we contain multitudes.” Self-improvement initiatives or, if you prefer, self-fulfillment or self-actualization…

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Keith Sawyer: An interview by Bob Morris

May 2, 2013

Keith Sawyer is one of the world’s leading scientific experts on creativity and innovation. In his first job after graduating from MIT, he designed videogames for Atari. He then worked for six years as a management consultant in Boston and…

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Karen Wright: An interview by Bob Morris

April 11, 2013

Karen Wright is an executive coach, author, speaker and consultant.  She has an MBA in Marketing from the Ivey Business School and an undergraduate degree in Economics from Western University.  She graduated from the world’s leading coach training organization, was one of the inaugural students in its affiliated…

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Own the Room: A book review by Bob Morris

April 8, 2013

Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence Amy Jen Su and Muriel Maignan Wilkins Harvard Business Review Press (2013) “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” Oscar Wilde In their Introduction, Any Jen Su and Muriel…

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Mark Goulston and John Ullmen: An interview by Bob Morris

March 18, 2013

Mark Goulston, M.D., is a prominent psychiatrist, business advisor, and executive coach. He is co-founder of Heartfelt Leadership whose mission is: “Daring to Care.” He is the author of the bestselling Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to…

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Josh Lerner: An interview by Bob Morris

February 27, 2013

Josh Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, with a joint appointment in the Finance and the Entrepreneurial Management Units. He graduated from Yale College and Harvard’s Economics Department.  Much of his research focuses on…

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Lina Echeverría: An interview by Bob Morris

February 22, 2013

Lina Echeverría spent twenty-five years inspiring creativity and accelerating innovation at Corning Incorporated, one of America’s leading technology companies, that provided the world with everything from the optical fiber that enabled the Internet to the tough glass used for iPhones.…

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Achim Nowak: An interview by Bob Morris

February 21, 2013

Achim Nowak is an internationally recognized authority on executive presence and interpersonal connections. His just-published book Infectious: How to Connect Deeply and Unleash the Energetic Leader Within (Allworth Press) has already received acclaim in Fast Company, Entrepreneur, Leadership Excellence, and…

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