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This Land of Strangers - Robert E Hall

This Land of Strangers

"..the most important book of the decade." — Richard Boyatzis, co-author of best seller Primal Leadership

Relationships, in all their varied forms, have been the lifetime study of Robert Hall. He brings a rare combination of experience as a researcher, consultant, writer, teacher and CEO in dealing with the real-world relationship challenges of modern organizations. When coupled with a decade of hands-on experience in the gritty world of inner-city homeless families it translates into a tapestry of vivid stories, well-researched and oft startling facts, and strategic insights that weave together the yet untold narrative of society's gravest risk and most stellar opportunity.

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Robert has published more than 150 columns, articles, white papers, and research studies on relationship. In addition to being a regular contributor at Huffington Post, his work has been published and discussed in Forbes, American Banker, Sales & Marketing Management magazine, The CEO Magazine, ABA Bank Marketing magazine, Computerworld, The Daily Beast, Business Week, The Dallas Morning News, Los Angeles Times, The Detroit News, The Indianapolis Star and in international publications including Sydney Morning News (Australia), European Financial Management Association (London) and Relational Thinking Network (Cambridge, UK).

Three Tests of Leadership in the New Disengagement Economy by Robert Hall, Huffington Post

“This year, employee engagement and culture issues exploded onto the scene, rising to become the No. 1 challenge around the world.” — Global Human Capital Trends, Deloitte, February, 2015

The growing concern regarding disengaged employees reflects a simple truth: leadership requirements have changed, most leaders have not. Disengaged employees are part of a broader mega-trend: steep relationship decline across home, work, politics and faith. In business, this so-called Disengagement Economy reflects organizations burdened with the heavy cost of uncommitted workers, stunted […]

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Relationships in 2014: Ours Is A Society That Could Use a Hug, by Robert Hall, Huffington Post

She would be better off to start smoking again, because the interaction with other smokers in the designated break area would do her more good than the smoking would do her harm. — Doctor to the son of an 85 year-old resident at an Alzheimer facility.

In this New Year, ours is a society that could use a hug. It is hard to deny the importance of relationships. By any objective measure, the most compelling priority for this New Year […]

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Video: Social Media Breakfast Dallas April 25, 2013

Sign up now to see Robert Hall speak at socialmediabreakfastdallas.com and see what he has to say about relationships being our single most valuable resource and how technology is effecting us, April 25, 2013.

Be more intentional, build community and establish relationship leadership and succeed at home, at work, in politics, and in faith.

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“This Land of Strangers” hits #1 on Amazon’s Best Sellers in Government

I would like to thank everyone for responding to the word about my book and for your purchases. On August 20, This Land of Strangers made it to #1 on Amazon’s Best Sellers in Government. Thank you for your continued support!

 

 

Robert E. Hall

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Barnes & Noble Special Event: August 11

 

Meet Robert E. Hall,
author of This Land of Strangers

It is the crisis that everyone feels but that has gone unnamed. We see the pieces: families disintegrating; communities in chaos; businesses losing the trust of customers and employees; political and religious discourse that sows dysfunction and divide. Yet until now, no one has connected the dots that reveal the larger narrative. Our broken relationships have a death grip on economic, political, and social advancements that capitalism, democracy, social programs, and tax […]

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The Cost of Being Relationally Boring

 “Advertising is the cost of being boring.” – Andy Sernovitz, author, Word of Mouth Marketing

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One of the big challenges for marketing is to break through customer and marketplace boredom with your products, customer experience and your company. In the helter of life, sometimes people most need solutions that solve problems, save time, and have no surprises. Sometimes they need problems, excitement, connection, and the unknown to liven things up. It’s hard to know which.

A few organizations are good at […]

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