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Roadmap to Revenue: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Roadmap to Revenue: How to Sell the Way Your Customers Want to Buy Kristin Zhivago Bristol & Shipley (2011) How to determine what, when, and how prospective buyers wish to make a purchase In a sales environment in which consumers now have much more information — and thus have much more control – during the [.].

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Recovering from information overload

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Derek Dean and Caroline Webb for The McKinsey Quarterly (January 2011). Source: Organization Practice [.]

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The Bully-Free Workplace: A book review by Bob Morris

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Namie John Wiley & Sons (2011) Tolerance of inappropriate behavior condones it. Over more years than I wish to specify, I have been centrally involved in dozens of different environments and on only two occasions was I the [.].

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The Social Organization: A book review by Bob Morris

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McDonald Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How and why organizational success with social media “is fundamentally a leadership and management challenge” I agree with Anthony Bradley and Mark McDonald that leaders [.]. Bradley and Mark P.

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The Social Organization: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

McDonald Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How and why organizational success with social media “is fundamentally a leadership and management challenge” I agree with Anthony Bradley and Mark McDonald that leaders [.]. Bradley and Mark P.

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How to “find and mine the gold that resides in everyone”

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Hallowell, MD Harvard Business Press (2011) How to “find and mine the gold that resides in everyone&# I agree with Edward Hallowell: “Put simply, the best managers bring out the best from their people. Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People Edward M.

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Full Engagement! A book review by Bob Morris

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Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People Brian Tracy AMACOM (2011) “Why are some companies more successful and more profitable than others?&# Full Engagement!: It is at least theoretically possible for an organization to have full engagement of its workforce and that any one of those involved is always fully engaged.

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