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Creating a Breakthrough Strategy: Suggested Readings

September 4, 2019

In a brilliant article for Harvard Business Review, “Strategy Needs Creativity,” Adam Brandenburger explains how and why creativity and strategy are not only related, they are interdependent. He focuses on four specific ways to created a high-impact strategy. Brandenburger includes…

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Making Creativity Predictable (Instead of a Welcome Surprise)

August 6, 2019

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. We may never know exactly where creativity comes from, but you can create the…

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4 Rules to Help Your Team Disagree Productively

August 2, 2019

  Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. *     *     * Conflict can be uncomfortable, but we can’t find…

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Exercising Your  Brain to Achieve Cognitive Fitness: A Personal Program

January 8, 2018

In their classic HBR article, “Cognitive Fitness” (November 2007), Roderick Gilkey and Clint Kilts explain how to exercise your brain. Here is a brief excerpt. o     o     o So how can you become cognitively fit? Drawing selectively from the…

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If Humble People Make the Best Leaders, Why Do We Fall for Charismatic Narcissists?

November 10, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Margarita Mayo for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts, please…

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In a Distracted World, Solitude Is a Competitive Advantage

November 6, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Mike Erwin for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…

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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

November 1, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Lindsay McGregor and Neel Doshi for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive…

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Prioritize Your Opportunities with This Checklist

October 30, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Doug Andrew for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…

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What Science Says About Identifying High-Potential Employees

October 29, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Seymour Adler, and Robert B. Kaiser for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription…

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The Two Things Killing Your Ability to Focus

October 29, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by William Treseder for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…

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