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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 9/30/13)

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Bob''s blog entries "McKinsey Quarterly: Top Ten Newsletter (Third Quarter 2013)" "Six Lessons for Managing CEO transitions" "The Corner Office" "The luck factor in all human experience" Adam Bryant Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Had His Top Execs Read These Three Books Are you a Diminisher or a Multiplier?

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Leaders Need Three Kinds of Focus

QAspire

In this 2013 HBR video (6.42 mins) , Daniel Goleman explains why leaders need to cultivate their awareness at three levels and what they can do to improve upon these three areas of focus. Leading in a complex world is almost like a tight rope walk and leaders cannot afford to have singular focus on either task or relationship.

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The Fall of the Alphas

First Friday Book Synopsis

Martin’s Press (2013) This is another “time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.” The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence—and Lead Dana Ardi St.

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All of Our Decisions Are Emotional

Coaching Tip

Source: The New York Times Magazine, September 16, 2013. Daniel Goleman, Annie McKee, Richard E. So-called noncognitive skills — attributes like self-restraint, persistence and self-awareness — might actually be better predictors of a person’s life trajectory than standard academic measures. Mark Goulston M.D.:

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What Would Your Headline Be?

Great Leadership By Dan

Without one, your brain is subject to an “amygdala hijack” (Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.) Their new book is The Alchemy of Authentic Leadership (2013). To keep the fault-lines from shifting beneath your crust, you need a good stress reduction routine (sleep, exercise, nutrition, self-regulation etc.) or impulsive, ill-thought out decisions.

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 1/28/13)

First Friday Book Synopsis

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK/CD REVIEWS Executive Toughness: The Mental-Training Program to Increase Your Leadership Performance Jason Selk The Art of Doing: How Superachievers Do What They Do and How They Do It So Well Camille Sweeney and Josh Gosfield Leadership: [.].

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Why Young Bankers, Lawyers, and Consultants Need Emotional Intelligence

Harvard Business Review

According to a 2013 study by American Express , EQ is one of the biggest predictors of performance in the workplace and a strong driver of leadership and personal excellence. ” Emotional intelligence matters even more today.