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The Executive Checklist: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change James M. Spitzer Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution Harvard School of Public Health James M. Bob''s blog entries Atul Gwande David Robertson Dean R. Kerr Jørgen Vig Knudstorp and his leadership team Jeanne W.

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Emily Bennington: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Emily Bennington specializes in two distinct forms of career transition: college students entering the workforce and women leaders entering executive management. Emily is the author of Who Says [.].

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Linda Henman: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Bob''s blog entries Albert Einstein Avon Boeing Brilliant Mistakes Brooke Manville Career Press Challenge the Ordinary: Why Revolutionary Companies Abandon Conventional Mindsets Emerson Electric International Beef Products James O''Toole Judgment Calls Landing in the Executive Chair: How to Excel in the Hot Seat Lao-Tse Linda Henman: Part 1 of an interview (..)

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(Forget a Mentor) Find a Sponsor: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

(Forget a Mentor) Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career Sylvia Ann Hewlett Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How and why mentors help prepare for opportunities but sponsors create privileged access to them; both are invaluable. Mellody Hobson Sallie Krawcheck Sanford C.

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Linda Henman: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Bob''s blog entries Albert Einstein Avon Boeing Brilliant Mistakes Brooke Manville Career Press Challenge the Ordinary: Why Revolutionary Companies Abandon Conventional Mindsets Emerson Electric International Beef Products James O''Toole Judgment Calls Landing in the Executive Chair: How to Excel in the Hot Seat Lao-Tse Linda Henman: Part 2 of an interview (..)

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George E. L. Barbee: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Barbee is one of the original Batten Fellow faculty members (along with Jim Collins, Malcolm Gladwell and Jim Gilmore) at top-ranked University of Virginia Darden School of Business, and has been teaching innovation for the past 15 years to over 500 MBA students and senior executives. Barbee: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris.

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George E.L. Barbee: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Barbee is one of the original Batten Fellow faculty members (along with Jim Collins, Malcolm Gladwell and Jim Gilmore) at top-ranked University of Virginia Darden School of Business, and has been teaching innovation for the past 15 years to over 500 MBA students and senior executives. Barbee: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris.

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