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Hit the Ground Running: A book review by Bob Morris

June 23, 2011

Hit the Ground Running: A Manual for New Leaders Jason Jennings Portfolio/Penguin (2009) Through a rigorous process of identification, consideration, evaluation, and elimination best explained in the book, Jason Jennings and his research associates selected nine exemplar companies and their…

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Think Big, Act Small: A book review by Bob Morris

June 23, 2011

Think Big, Act Small: How America’s Best Performing Companies Keep the Start-up Spirit Alive Jason Jennings Portfolio/Penguin (2005) As I read this volume, I was reminded of at least some of the material in Sun Tzu’s The Art of War…

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What makes business visionaries “tick”?

February 23, 2011

In his book Eight Steps Ahead: What Separates Business Visionaries from the Rest of Us, published by Portfolio/Penguin (2011), Erik Calonius reveals what makes visionaries tick and how they develop their extraordinary powers.  We learn, for example, • How Steve…

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Guy Kawasaki on how to overcome resistance to project launches

February 16, 2011

In his latest book, Enchantment: The Art of Changing Habits, Minds, and Actions (to be published by Portfolio/Penguin on March 8 2011), he offers a wealth of practical advice on how best to achieve especially important strategic objectives. For example, how…

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Hugh MacLeod’s Ignore Everybody: A book review by Bob Morris

February 2, 2011

Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity Hugh MacLeod Portfolio/Penguin (2009) As I began to read this book, I recalled a situation years ago in which a little girl (probably seven or eight years old) announced that her foot…

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