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"..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.
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).
Robert was recently interviewed about his new book, This Land of Strangers, by Kevin Price on the Price of Business, a leader in conservative talk radio.
Please click here to listen to the audio, show date of 10/26/12.
“Nearly 20% of employers cited a lack of soft skills as a key reason they couldn’t hire needed employees. Interpersonal skills and enthusiasm/motivation were commonly found lacking” – USA Today quoting Manpower Group’s 2012 Talent Shortage Survey
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It is tragic that in this era of painfully high unemployment, employers are struggling to find the basic skills needed to answer phones effectively and converse with customers. The need for stronger math and science skills in today’s highly sophisticated world is much […]
Medicine is the art of engagement with the human condition rather than with the disease. – Dr. Bernard Lown, medical doctor and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
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My daughter had been very ill necessitating my wife spending several weeks with her in New York. When my wife visited a shop there to buy a blouse, the salesperson determined my wife was from out of town and inquired as to why she was visiting – so she very briefly shared about our […]
Please read my article “The Big Risk and Hope of 2012 Election – Regardless of Who Wins” on any of the below websites:
Opposing Views
The Bilerico Project
Chicago Pride
The Detroit News
Robert E. Hall
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
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 […]
“I am suggesting that they [big banks] be broken up…” – Sandy Weill, former Citigroup Chairman & CEO, who put together mammoth Citicorp and Travelers
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Put the word big in front of business, government, labor, oil, and banks and it makes the appeal smaller. In my March 2010 column “Big Bank Blowback” I chronicled the strong market-place head winds that impeded the progress of large organizations, especially banks. Now over two years later the strong winds have been upgraded to […]
“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 […]
Nationally syndicated talk radio host of “Dresser After Dark,” Michael Dresser, interviews Robert about his new book, This Land of Strangers.
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June 7, 2012
In the silence of connection, people are comfortable by being in touch with a lot of people – carefully kept at bay. – Sherry Turkle, “The Flight from Conversation,” The New York Times
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Talk of war rumbles through the overheated discourse of today’s political season just months before the 2012 Presidential election. Raised voices accuse the other side of class warfare, war on women, war on the poor, war on the rich, war on the unions, and war on the […]
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