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Walter Isaacson on “The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs”

March 26, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Walter Isaacson for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click…

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Power Questions: A book review by Bob Morris

March 23, 2012

Power Questions: Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others Andrew Sobel and Jerold Panas John Wiley & Sons (2011) If you don’t know the right questions to ask and how/when to ask them, you’ll never find the right answers.…

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Stuart Cross: An interview by Bob Morris

March 17, 2012

Stuart Cross is a consultant, coach, and speaker who helps world-class companies dramatically accelerate profit growth. Since its launch in 2006 his firm, Morgan Cross Consulting, has attracted clients including Avon Cosmetics, Alliance Boots, PricewaterhouseCoopers and GSK plc. Stuart has helped these and other clients to…

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The Start-Up of YOU: A book review by Bob Morris

March 8, 2012

The Start-Up of YOU: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha Crown Business (2012) How and why start-up mind-sets and skill-sets are essential to achieving and then sustaining success…however defined The…

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John Bernard: An interview by Bob Morris

February 21, 2012

John Bernard is the author of Business at the Speed of NOW, published by John Wiley & Sons in December of 2011.  He’s a top-rated speaker for the Conference Board, discussion leader on the Harvard Business Review blog, and his…

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Wanted: Idea Fusers

February 14, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Bronwyn Fryer for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click…

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Kristi Hedges: An interview by Bob Morris

February 2, 2012

Kristi Hedges is a leadership coach, speaker and author. In her 20-year career working with leaders to help them communicate more effectively she’s encountered every personality type imaginable, yet remains more than a little passionate that anyone can learn presence. Her workshops and leadership coaching programs have been…

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Learn How to Think Different(ly)

January 26, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jeff Dyer and Hal Gregersen for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. *     *     * In…

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One Click: A book review by Bob Morris

November 15, 2011

One Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com Richard L. Brandt Penguin/Portfolio (2011) “Gradatim Ferociter”  (“Step by Step, Courageously”) This is not a comprehensive biography such as the one of Steve Jobs written by Walter Isaacson. Rather, it is…

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Amazon, the Company That Ate the World

November 3, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article featured by Bloomberg Businessweek online (October 3, 2011) in which Brad Stone points out that Jeff Bezos’ new tablet, the Kindle Fire, is cheap, pretty, and puts Amazon in perfect position to take…

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