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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 2/11/13)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Lafley and Roger Martin Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration Warren Bennis and Patricia Ward Biederman Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence: Selected Writings Daniel Goleman Conscious [.].

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Executive Coaching Company Breakdown: How to Get the Most Out of Coaching for Strategic Change

N2Growth Blog

Cornell (Chairman and CEO of Target Corporation), and Roger Enrico (CEO of Pepsi) all received coaching at the executive level while being at the helm of some of the most notable companies on the planet. Marc Benioff (Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Salesforce), Brian C.

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Life and leadership lessons from Frank Oz

Surviving Leadership

Whether it was Roger Moore’s rendition of “Talk to the Animals” while fighting spies with laser guns, or Lynda Carter just being awesome, I loved watching. When I was a kid, The Muppet Show was constantly on.

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Capitalism's Mea Culpa; Humanism's Opportunity?

Harvard Business Review

In taking in new evidence, Brooks has often cited behavioral economists like Dan Ariely , whose research shows that human beings are more driven by emotions than by cold calculations. Roger Martin is on to something when he declares that the future of business thinking lies in the ability to be ambidextrous.

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Research: We’re Not Very Self-Aware, Especially at Work

Harvard Business Review

Will Rogers rightly once quipped, “It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so.” Developing employees Emotional intelligence' At the very least, demonstrate how imperfect self-views block the way to real and lasting behavioral change.

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The Power of Listening in Helping People Change

Harvard Business Review

In a recent paper , we consistently demonstrated that experiencing high quality (attentive, empathic, and non-judgmental) listening can positively shape speakers’ emotions and attitudes. Listening as an avenue for self-change was advocated by the psychologist Carl Rogers in a classic 1952 HBR paper. What Makes Listening Powerful?

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 1/14/13)

First Friday Book Synopsis

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS A Technique for Producing Ideas: The Simple, Five-Step Formula Anyone Can Use to Be More Creative in Business and in Life! James Webb Young HBR Guide to Better Business Writing Bryan A. Garner Know What You [.].

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