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“The Five Deadly Business Sins”

Bob Morris wrote 16 hours ago: Managing in a Time of Great Change In an article that first appeared in the Harvard Business Review … more →

Tags: “The Five Deadly Business Sins, ” Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Press, Managing in a Time of Great Change, Peter Drucker

High school football at its best1 comment

Bob Morris wrote 19 hours ago: Our BoysOn Saturday, November 28, 2009, the Centralia Panthers defeated the Smith Center Redmen, 20- … more →

Tags: 12 Lessons for Extraordinary Performance and Personal E, A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Re, Centralia Panthers, Coach Wooden's Leadership Game Plan for Success, High school football at its best, is provided. Our Boys, Joe Drape, John Wooden, Roger Barta

Book Review: The World of Business

Bob Morris wrote 3 days ago: The World of BusinessThe World of Business: From valuable brands and games directors play to bail-ou … more →

Tags: Akio Morita, Alfred Krup, Andrew Carnegie, Bloomberg Press, British flavor business giants of the past, Bubbles that burst, Business Etiquette Tips, Frank Woolworth, From valuable brands and games directors play to bail-o

Book Review: The Story of American Business

Bob Morris wrote 3 days ago: The Story of American Business: From the Pages of The New York Times Nancy F. Koehn, Editor Harvard … more →

Tags: Alice Schroeder, ” Northern Pacific, California, Harvard Business Press, Henry Ford, Janet Maslin, major business leaders, mrrger mania, Nancy F. Koehn

Rules for Good Writing1 comment

Bob Morris wrote 6 days ago: On Writing WellIn The Best of Business, a book published by The Economist in collaboration with Pega … more →

Tags: A Memoir of the Craft, E.B. White, on writing, On Writing Well, Pegasus Books, rules of good writing, Stephen King, The Best of Business, The Classic Guide to Writing (30 Anniversary Edition)

How social are you?

Bob Morris wrote 1 week ago: The Connectors In The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell observes, “What makes someone a Connector? The … more →

Tags: Malcolm Gladwell, the tipping point, John S. Wiley & Sons, The Connectors, Connector Maribeth Kuzmeski, develop a true “What’s in it for them” mentality, focusing on others brings more for you, listen – curiously listen, connecting is not about being a great talker

What Innovators Can Learn from Bill Belichick 4 comments

Bob Morris wrote 1 week ago: Scott Anthony Here is an excerpt from an article featured by the Harvard Business blog. You can read … more →

Tags: Clayton Christensen, Elizabeth Altman, getting world-class at innovation requires moving beyon, Harvard Business Press, Harvard Business School, Indianapolis Colts, Innosight Ventures, Joe Sinfield, mark Johnson

“The Turd Seller”

Bob Morris wrote 1 week ago: William Gibbs As revealed in The Best of Business, a book published by The Economist in collaboratio … more →

Tags: Randy Mayeux, the ECONOMIST, SuperFreakonomics, The Turd Seller, The Best of Business, pegasus, William Gibbs, guano, seabird dung

The best book ever on leadership?

Bob Morris wrote 1 week ago: Xenophon (430-354 BC)What would be your choice? In The Practice of Management, published in 1954, Pe … more →

Tags: Peter Drucker, Kyropaidaia, The Practice of management, Xenophon, Anábasis, The Persian Expedition, Cyrus the Younger, Black Sea, Drucker on Leadership

Book Review: Immunity to Change

Bob Morris wrote 1 week ago: Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization Ro … more →

Tags: “a genuinely developmental stance, “the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom, ” attitude determines altitude, ” Behavior Goals, ” Marshall Goldsmith, Doing/Not Doing Instead behaviors, Harvard Business School Press, How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself, Immunity to Change

Book Review: A Class with Drucker

Bob Morris wrote 1 week ago: A Class with Drucker: The Lost Lessons of the World’s Greatest Management Teacher William A. Cohen A … more →

Tags: Ge, Peter Drucker, A Class with Drucker, AMACOM, The Lost Lessons of the World’s Greatest Management T, William A. Cohen, Claremont Graduate School, Kyropaidaia, Harvard Business Review Jack Welch

Interview: William A. Cohen

Bob Morris wrote 1 week ago: Currently, Cohen is founder and president of The Institute of Leader Arts. He is also a retired majo … more →

Book Review: The Buyout of America

Bob Morris wrote 1 week ago: The Buyout of America: How Private Equity Will Cause the Next Great Credit Crisis Josh Kosman Portfo … more →

Tags: Charles Darwin, Portfolio/The Penguin Group, natural selection, The Buyout of America, How Private Equity Will Cause the Next Great Credit Cri, Josh Kosman, Balloon Mortgages, PE firms, the 2003-7 buyout rush

Book Review: The Connectors

Bob Morris wrote 1 week ago: The Connectors: How the World’s Most Successful Businesspeople Build Relationships and Win Clients f … more →

Tags: Bill GEORGE, The Connectors, How the World’s Most Successful Businesspeople Build, Maribeth Muzmeski, John Wiley Sons, Charles Lindbergh, We, Paris, It’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

Book review: How Remarkable Women Lead

Bob Morris wrote 2 weeks ago: How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model for Work and Life Joanna Barsh and Susie Cranston … more →

Tags: True North, peter sims, Crown Business, How Remarkable Women Lead, The Breakthrough Model for Work and Life, joanna barsh, susie cranston, Geoffrey Lewis, “Centered Leadership

Jonah Lehrer on Steven Pinker’s The Stuff of Thought

Bob Morris wrote 2 weeks ago: Jnah LehrerHere is an excerpt from a review that appeared in the Washington Post on December 23, 200 … more →

Tags: " "conceptual semantics, " "extreme nativism, Tootsie, linguistic determinism, Boston Globe, Columbia University, Flaubert, How We Decide, Jonah Lehrer

Steven Pinker on Malcolm Gladwell’s What the Dog Saw

Bob Morris wrote 2 weeks ago: Steven PinkerHere is an excerpt from a review that appeared in the November 15, 2009, issue of The N … more →

Tags: Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers, kindle, The New York Times, horatio alger, Harvard University, What the Dog Saw, little, Brown company

Book Review: Sway

Bob Morris wrote 2 weeks ago: SwaySway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman Broadway Books (2 … more →

Tags: Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior

Modest Proposals3 comments

Bob Morris wrote 2 weeks ago: Because it is unrealistic to expect that anything I propose on New Year’s Eve would immediately occu … more →


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