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Marshall Goldsmith on “The Power of Asking the Right Questions”

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Uncategorized Ask questions that require higher-level thinking: The goal is to create insight Avoid questions that begin with “why”: a question that begins with the word “why” is perceived as judgmental Chief Learning Officer magazine Chip Bell Dominance: Think before you ask Managers as Mentors Marshall Goldsmith on "The Power of Asking the Right (..)

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The Power of Stupidity: Quotations

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JULY 26, 2013

Giancarlo Livraghi published El poder de la estupidez (The Power of Stupidity) in 2012. ” Henry Adams “Scientists will eventually stop flailing around with solar power and focus their efforts on harnessing the only truly unlimited source of […]. These are among the quotations he provides.

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The Power of Noticing: A book review by Bob Morris

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

The Power of Noticing: What the Best Leaders See Max H. Bazerman Simon & Schuster the last and worst ring in Dante''s Inferno is reserved for those who [comma] in a moral crisis [comma] preserve their neutrality The Power of Noticing: What the Best Leaders See Yogi Berra' ” However, as Max Bazerman explains in this […].

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If Power is in Decline, then You Have, and You Have to Exercise, More Power over Yourself – Some Reflections on Moisés Naím’s The End of Power

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JANUARY 23, 2015

Power is the ability to direct or prevent the current or future actions of other groups and individuals. Or, put differently, power is what we exercise over others that leads them to behave in ways they would not otherwise have behaved. Randy''s blog entries'

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The Power of Walking-Around Management

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AUGUST 23, 2013

Bob''s blog entries Battle of Agincourt Be accessible to answer questions and address concerns Bill Hewlett Bob Waterman David Packard General Dwight Eisenhower Harper & Row Henry V Homer''s Iliad In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America''s Best-Run Companies Increase morale among the workforce Nourish pride and enthusiasm Obtain unfiltered (..)

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Power Listening: A book review by Bob Morris

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APRIL 6, 2012

Power Listening: Mastering the Most Critical Business Skill of All Bernard T. Ferrari Portfolio/Penguin Group (2012) How and why the difference between great and mediocre managers is the ability to listen In Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, Susan Cain suggests that there is much of value to be [.].

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Leo Bottary on the Power of Peer Advisory Groups: An interview by Bob Morris

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MARCH 30, 2016

Leo Bottary is Vice President, Peer Advantage, for Vistage Worldwide, where he directs a thought leadership initiative on the power of peer influence for business leaders. In April 2015, he was named adjunct teacher of the year for… Read More Leo Bottary on the Power of Peer Advisory Groups: An interview by Bob Morris.

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The Power of Human Energy: Angela Ahrendts at TEDx Hollywood

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

In her TEDx presentation, Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts talks about the positive and transformative power of human energy. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a library of talks, filmed at independently organized TEDx events.

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Power Questions: A book review by Bob Morris

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MARCH 23, 2012

Power Questions: Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others Andrew Sobel and Jerold Panas John Wiley & Sons (2011) If you don’t know the right questions to ask and how/when to ask them, you’ll never find the right answers. I do not know of another business thinker, indeed another person, who asks better questions [.].

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The Power of Why: A book review by Bob Morris

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MAY 2, 2013

The Power of Why: Breaking Out in a Competitive Marketplace Richard Weylman New Harvest (April 2013) Why you must keep asking “Why?” until you understand why In his book Begin with Why, Simon Sinek asserts — and I agree — that individuals as well as organizations must have a crystal clear sense of purpose or [.].

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The Power of Presence: A book review by Bob Morris

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DECEMBER 29, 2011

The Power of Presence: Unlock Your Potential to Influence and Engage Others Kristi Hedges AMACOM (2012) How and why powerful intentional presence can be a “personal game changer” As I began to read this book, I was reminded of one of my favorite songs in the musical and film, Chicago, sung by Amos Hart (played [.].

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Here are My Five Takeaways from The End of Power by Moisés Naím

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FEBRUARY 9, 2015

The powerful are experiencing increasingly greater limits on their power. …power is becoming more feeble, transient, and constrained. But to […].

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Judith Sills on “The Power of “No”

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NOVEMBER 29, 2013

It often takes courage to say. It is hard to receive. But setting limits sets us free. To read the […].

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The First Machine Age, “Muscle Power” – The Second Machine Age, “Mental Power”

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

I had just selected The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliance Technologies as my book for the March First Friday Book Synopsis when I saw Fareed Zakaria’s interview of the authors last Sunday: Technology?

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The Power of Mythos, the Shared Story – A Powerful Tool for Persuasion

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APRIL 23, 2014

This is profound – a key lesson for speakers, and for all who craft messages of any kind.

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The Power of Habit: A book review by Bob Morris

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APRIL 21, 2012

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and in Business Charles Duhigg Random House (2012) A rock-solid framework for “understanding how habits work and a guide for experimenting with how they might change” This is not an easy book to describe because Charles Duhigg offers such a wealth of information [.].

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The Power of Mornings: Why Successful Entrepreneurs Get up Early

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JULY 11, 2013

Bob''s blog entries Entrepreneur magazine Gretchen Rubin Harper Perennial Imagine your perfect morning Keep a time journal Laura Vanderkam Lisa Evans Mornings give you the opportunity to set a positive tone for the day Portfolio Trade Shutterstock Starbucks President Michelle Gaas The Happiness Project The Power of Mornings: Why Successful Entrepreneurs (..)

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Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence, a book review by Bob Morris

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence: Selected Writings Daniel Goleman More Than Sound (2011) How leaders can “help people to get and stay in the brain zone [flow] where they can work at their Best” What we have in this volume are nine essays, accompanied by an Appendix in which Goleman briefly shares new insights [.].

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The Power of Presence: A book review by Bob Morris

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DECEMBER 24, 2011

The Power of Presence: Unlock Your Potential to Influence and Engage Others Kristi Hedges AMACOM (2012) How and why powerful intentional presence can be a “personal game changer” As I began to read this book, I was reminded of one of my favorite songs in the musical and film, Chicago, sung by Amos Hart (played [.].

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My Takeaways from The Power of Habit – Here’s One Hint: Make it “Easy and Convenient”

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MARCH 21, 2014

Recently, I presented my synopsis of The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, the terrific book by Charles Duhigg. to an executive team for a large organization. This is a great book for thinking about individual habits, and for thinking about organizational habits. One observation from a participant […].

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Terry R. Bacon’s The Elements of Power: A book review by Bob Morris

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JANUARY 28, 2011

The Elements of Power: Lessons on Leadership and Influence Terry R. Bacon AMACOM (2011) Bacon explains his own model of power and influence: “There are five sources of power that stem from your position and participation in an organization: role power; resource power; information power, network power; and reputation.”

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Peter Guber on the Power of Effective Communicators

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MARCH 17, 2011

To read the complete article, please click here. * * * In his new book, Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story, the Hollywood producer and CEO of Mandalay [.]. Here is an excerpt from an interview of Peter Guber written by Mike Hofman for Inc. magazine (March 1, 2011).

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Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence, a book review by Bob Morris

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence: Selected Writings Daniel Goleman More Than Sound (2011) How leaders can “help people to get and stay in the brain zone [flow] where they can work at their Best” What we have in this volume are nine essays, accompanied by an Appendix in which Goleman briefly shares new insights [.].

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The Power of foursquare: A book review by Bob Morris

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

The Power of foursquare: 7 Innovative Ways to Get Customers to Check in Wherever They Are Carmine Gallo McGraw-Hill (2011) “Foursquare and seven ‘innovative ways’ ago….” Frankly, I did not know quite what to expect when I began to read this book, except that Carmine Gallo may perhaps develop some of the concepts he discussed [.].

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The Power of Communication: A book review by Bob Morris

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MAY 17, 2012

The Power of Communication: Skills to Build Trust, Inspure Loyalty, and Lead Effectuvely Helio Fred Garcia FT Press/A Pearson imprint (2012) Leadership lessons to be learned from the military services, especially from the U.S.

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Where do you find good stories to tell? Here’s a suggestion… – (Thoughts on the Power of Stories and Story-Telling)

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AUGUST 16, 2016

Once upon a time… A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… ——————– There is a lot written these days about the power of stories. I have written about the power of mythos before – the “narrative appeal,”… Read More Where do you find good stories to tell?

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The Power of LEO: A book review by Bob Morris

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DECEMBER 27, 2011

The Power of LEO: The Revolutionary Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results Subir Chowdbury McGraw-Hill (2012) Still another “revolutionary process” to achieve “extraordinary results Subir Chowdhury and other authors of recently published business books are to be commended for having the courage to contribute additions to the (..)

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The Power of Professionalism: A book review by Bob Morris

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AUGUST 24, 2011

The Power of Professionalism: The Seven Mind-Sets That Drive Performance and Build Trust Bill Wiersma Ravel Media (2011) An exceptional resource for anyone who openly declares and then fulfills a total commitment to excellence (however defined) I selected the title for this review of Bill Wiersma’s book after some research on the etymology of (..)

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Not Power, Not Coercion, But Leadership – (Insight prompted by Jim Collins, Good to Great and the Social Sectors)

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MAY 15, 2015

As James MacGregor Burns taught in his classic 1978 text, Leadership, the practice of leadership is not the same as the exercise of power. If I put a loaded gun to your head, I can get you to do things you might not otherwise do, but I’ve not practiced leadership; I’ve exercised power. True leadership […].

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Paths to Power: A book review by Bob Morris

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Paths to Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership Anthony J. Mayo, Nitin Nohria, and Laura G.

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The Power of Elimination

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DECEMBER 26, 2011

Many years ago during an interview, Katherine Hepburn was asked the secret to the success of her career. Elimination! I have eliminated everyone and everything from my life that interferes with what I want to do and how I want to do it. Even Luddie [Ludlow Ogden Smith], my former husband and dearest friend still. [.].

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Paths to Power: A book review by Bob Morris

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Paths to Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership Anthony J. Mayo, Nitin Nohria, and Laura G.

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Mark Zuckerberg’s “A Year in Books,” The End of Power, and our Need to Read with Deeper Dives

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JANUARY 8, 2015

We know that power is shifting from brawn to brains, from north to south and west to east, from old corporate behemoths to start-ups, from entrenched dictators to people in town squares and cyberspace.

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Employee Motivation: A Powerful New Model

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AUGUST 11, 2011

I have read and reviewed almost all of the anthologies of articles previously published in Harvard Business Review. Recently I re-read several that are relevant to books I am now reading and will soon review.

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Use Energy to the Point of Being “Spent” – Then, Replenish Your Energy (Insight from Tony Schwartz & Jim Loehr, The Power of Full Engagement)

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz: The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, is the Key to High […]. Our most fundamental need as human beings is to spend energy and recover energy. We need energy to perform, and recovery is more than the absence of work. Randy''s blog entries'

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The Power of Storytelling: 10 Authoritative Perspectives

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

My guess (only a guess) is that whenever a list of the greatest storytellers throughout history is compiled, Charles Dickens would be among those included.

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Columbo’s Curiosity: “his most powerful weapon”

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JUNE 27, 2011

Here is a recent post by Josh Linkner. He is the author of Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity, published by Jossey-Bass (2011), one of two books featured at First Friday’s July meeting. For more information on creativity, visit JoshLinkner.com.

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Steve Jobs; The Power of Habit; Outliers; Which books are on your “I Never Got around to Reading This, but I Should” List

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

Steve Jobs; The Power of Habit; Outliers… Which other books are on your “I Never Got around to Reading This, but I Should” list? You know the problem. You’ve got this stack of books – books you’ve bought, books that you intend/intended to read, but the stack still stares up at you. And the book is [.].

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The End of Power & A Year with Peter Drucker, our Book Selections for the February 6, 2015 First Friday book Synopsis

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JANUARY 9, 2015

The End of Power, Mark Zuckerberg’s first selection for his “A Year in Books” on-line book club. A Year With Peter Drucker. These are our selections for the February 6 First Friday book Synopsis. We meet every month at the Park City Club in University Park, near the Northwest Highway Dallas North Tollway exit. Since […].

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The power of Vu Déjà

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AUGUST 9, 2011

Here is a recent post by Josh Linkner. For more information on creativity, visit his website by clicking here.

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The power of exposition (if used effectively)

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FEBRUARY 26, 2011

Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) may well be the first person who formulated the four levels of discourse. At least I know of no sources that precede his Rhetoric and Poetics. They serve as the basis for many seminal works, such as Modern Rhetoric co-authored by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren; more recently, [.].

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Why Empathy Is The Most Powerful Leadership Tool

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MAY 3, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an especially thought-provoking and informative article written by Ginny Whitelaw and featured online by Fast Company magazine.

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The most powerful strategies when beginning a presentation

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AUGUST 12, 2011

Over the recent years, I have read dozens of excellent books in which their authors offer advice on how to make effective presentations in one form of another (e.g. in-person, teleconferencing, electronically recorded). None offers more and better advice that does As We Speak: How to Make Your Point and Have It Stick, co-authored by [.].

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How to Use the Power of Pause When Speaking

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JULY 7, 2012

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * Whenever effective public speakers end a sentence or phrase, they usually pause. This gives listeners time to absorb their words.

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Marshall Goldsmith on “The Power of Asking the Right Questions”

The Power of Stupidity: Quotations

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The Power of Noticing: A book review by Bob Morris

If Power is in Decline, then You Have, and You Have to Exercise, More Power over Yourself – Some Reflections on Moisés Naím’s The End of Power

The Power of Walking-Around Management

Power Listening: A book review by Bob Morris

Leo Bottary on the Power of Peer Advisory Groups: An interview by Bob Morris

The Power of Human Energy: Angela Ahrendts at TEDx Hollywood

Power Questions: A book review by Bob Morris

The Power of Why: A book review by Bob Morris

The Power of Presence: A book review by Bob Morris

Here are My Five Takeaways from The End of Power by Moisés Naím

Judith Sills on “The Power of “No”

The First Machine Age, “Muscle Power” – The Second Machine Age, “Mental Power”

The Power of Mythos, the Shared Story – A Powerful Tool for Persuasion

The Power of Habit: A book review by Bob Morris

The Power of Mornings: Why Successful Entrepreneurs Get up Early

Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence, a book review by Bob Morris

The Power of Presence: A book review by Bob Morris

My Takeaways from The Power of Habit – Here’s One Hint: Make it “Easy and Convenient”

Terry R. Bacon’s The Elements of Power: A book review by Bob Morris

Peter Guber on the Power of Effective Communicators

Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence, a book review by Bob Morris

The Power of foursquare: A book review by Bob Morris

The Power of Communication: A book review by Bob Morris

Where do you find good stories to tell? Here’s a suggestion… – (Thoughts on the Power of Stories and Story-Telling)

The Power of LEO: A book review by Bob Morris

The Power of Professionalism: A book review by Bob Morris

Not Power, Not Coercion, But Leadership – (Insight prompted by Jim Collins, Good to Great and the Social Sectors)

Paths to Power: A book review by Bob Morris

The Power of Elimination

Paths to Power: A book review by Bob Morris

Mark Zuckerberg’s “A Year in Books,” The End of Power, and our Need to Read with Deeper Dives

Employee Motivation: A Powerful New Model

Use Energy to the Point of Being “Spent” – Then, Replenish Your Energy (Insight from Tony Schwartz & Jim Loehr, The Power of Full Engagement)

The Power of Storytelling: 10 Authoritative Perspectives

Columbo’s Curiosity: “his most powerful weapon”

Steve Jobs; The Power of Habit; Outliers; Which books are on your “I Never Got around to Reading This, but I Should” List

The End of Power & A Year with Peter Drucker, our Book Selections for the February 6, 2015 First Friday book Synopsis

The power of Vu Déjà

The power of exposition (if used effectively)

Why Empathy Is The Most Powerful Leadership Tool

The most powerful strategies when beginning a presentation

How to Use the Power of Pause When Speaking

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