Douglas K. Smith

Great Teams Build Great Cultures

August 11, 2016

Here is a brief except from an article by Jon Katzenbach for strategy+business magazine, published by Strategy& (formerly Booz & Company). To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, and sign up for email…

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HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across: A book review by Bob Morris

June 5, 2013

HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across HBR Editors and Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How and why to manage up to nourish and manage across to connect extensively within and beyond the given enterprise This is one…

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Harvard Business Review: Cultural Change That Sticks

June 26, 2012

Most change initiatives either fail or fall far short of original expectations. Reasons vary but, more often than not, those who lead the initiatives are unable to avoid or overcome cultural resistance, the result of what James O’Toole so aptly…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing People: A book review by Bob Morris

June 23, 2011

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing People Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) Why and how to manage yourself so that you can then manage others effectively This volume is one of several in a new series of anthologies…

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