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The Talent Masters: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Talent Masters: Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers Bill Conaty and Ram Charan Crown Business (2010) How to develop “robust talent pipelines and same-day succession plans” I agree with Bill Conaty and Ram Charan that Steve Jobs is the archetypical “talent master.”

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WordPress 3 Site Blueprints: A book review by Bob Morris

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WordPress 3 Site Blueprints: Ready-Made Plans for 9 Different Professional WordPress Sites Heather R. Wallace Packt Publishing (2010) This book has prepared me well to work with technical and graphics specialists whom I have retained to transform my website into ”fully-functional, dynamic” WordPress website.

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The Network Is Your Customer: A book review by Bob Morris

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Rogers Yale University Press (2010) Here’s the challenge: our future networks can “make us not only more connected but, let us hope, more human.” The Network Is Your Customer: 5 Strategies Tto Thrive in a Digital Age David L. I am grateful to Thomas Kuhn and then to Joel Barker for filling one of my [.].

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Succeed: A book review by Bob Morris

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Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals Heidi Grant Halvorson Hudson Street Press/Penguin Group (2010) How and why almost anyone can achieve the goals they set IF…. Others have their own reasons for praising this book. Here are five of mine. The book is very well written. Heidi Grant Halvorson has accumulated, organized, and [.].

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Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty: A book review by Bob Morris

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2010) Risk unmanaged is risk exacerbated I am among those who find a wealth of excellent advice every time I pick up my copy of The Art of War and re-read a passage or two [.]. Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty: Creating the Risk Intelligent Enterprise Frederick Funston and Stephen Wagner John Wilkey & Sons, Inc.

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Voice of Experience: Mika Mayer (Morrison & Foerster)

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Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life.” Anderson for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business.

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To Win the Game, You Have to Play

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Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life.” Here is an excerpt from an article contributed by Lynne Morton, President, Performance Improvement Solutions) to the Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business.

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