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The CIO Paradox: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Bob''s blog entries Accountability versus Ownership “Be yourself [period] Everyone else is taken” Bibliomotion CIO Career Path Corporate Board Cost versus Innovation David C.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. In a career spanning more than a half century, he has written over thirty books, covering topics from economic history and social inequality to political theory, race, and culture.

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How Great Leaders Unlock The Potential in Others 

Lead from Within

People need to know that a development discussion is different standard performance review—it’s not just about what people do well and what they could improve, but about their aptitudes and interests, where they want to be and how you can help them get there. People need to own their own learning and career path. Give people a chance.

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Celebrate Failure

Career Advancement

Just as a failed cancer drug proved incredibly useful for managing the AIDS virus, a past failure can become a wild success in a different context. It’s most fitting to celebrate failures related to innovation, rather than execution, Harvard Business Review points out. You want to celebrate the failures that show you took a leap.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. He began his career at the U.S. He started his career at Merrill Lynch & Co. The inaugural version of our Top CHRO List was published on Forbes in 2015.

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The Evolution : 5 Questions to Ask Yourself Now About Work Life

The Office Blend Blog

Her thoughts on work life have also appeared at the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, BBC Work Life, Quartz and The Huffington Post. But in the wake of the incoming shifts, we need to attempt to keep our heads clear & level. A Few Observations: Individual differences will still matter.

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Your MBA Game Plan: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Your MBA Game Plan: Proven Strategies for Getting Into the Top Business Schools, Third Edition Omari Bouknight and Scott Shrum Career Press (2012) To paraphrase Henry Ford, “Whether you think you can earn an MBA from a top business school or you can’t, you’re probably right.” This review is of the Third Edition of a [.].