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Chip R. Bell: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The author of nineteen books, Chip Bell‘s newest book (written with Marshall Goldsmith) is Managers As Mentors: Building Partnerships for Learning. He is also the author of Wired and Dangerous (with John Patterson) and Managing Knock Your Socks Off Service (with Ron Zemke).

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Still Surprised: A book review by Bob Morris

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Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership Warren Bennis Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2010) Four score and counting, while his insatiable curiosity explores and his sense of wonder delights I have read and reviewed most (if not all) of Warren Bennis’ books and most of his articles.

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Laurie Sudbrink: An interview by Bob Morris

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She brings more than 20 years of corporate experience in human relations, leadership/ management, sales, marketing, and training. With a passion for developing accountable and proactive workplaces, Laurie Sudbrink established Unlimited Coaching Solutions, Inc. She has been a catalyst for change in the workplace ever since.

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Marcus Buckingham on “How to Give Every Employee Customized Leadership Advice”

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To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * Virtually every corporate and academic leadership development program is founded on the same model — we call [.].

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Secrets of Special Ops Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

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Secrets of Special Ops Leadership: Dare the Impossible — Achieve the Extraordinary William A. Cohen AMACOM (2005) Note: Given the recent and dramatic increase of public interest in “special ops&# initiatives, I decided to re-read a book I reviewed when it was first published more than six years ago.

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Bill Capodagli on “The Disney Way”: An interview by Bob Morris

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Bill Capodagli (pronounced Cap o die) co-authored one of Fortune magazine’s “Best Business Books of 1999,”The Disney Way: Harnessing the Management Secrets of Disney in Your Company.

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 11/26/12)

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Nolan, and Shannon O’Donnell HR Strategic Project Management SPOMP Leon M. I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Complete Executive Karen Wright Harder Than I Thought Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Hielkema INTERVIEWS Matthew E. May: Second Interview, Part 1, by Bob [.].

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