Month: January 2014

Jack Welch: “Rank-and-Yank”? That’s Not How It’s Done

January 4, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Jack Welch for The Wall Street Journal in which he explains why using “differentiation” — rather than “rank-and-yank” — can align employee performance with an organization’s mission and values. To read…

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How to Make a New Year’s Resolution, According to Neurologists (With a Flowchart!)

January 3, 2014

Here is an article posted by Charles Duhigg at LinkedIn Pulse. To check out the wealth of other resources and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * It’s 2014! Congratulations on making it through another year!…

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Where’s the Value In Talent Analytics?

January 3, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Eugene Burke for Talent Management magazine in which he explains why big data is not as important as big insights — the relevance, impact and action that come from data, and…

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Carla Cooper (chief executive of Daymon Worldwide) in “The Corner Office”

January 3, 2014

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Carla Cooper, chief executive of…

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The Dilemma’s Innovator: The Next 10 Years Will Either Happen To Us or Because of Us

January 2, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article by Brian Solis for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * This year, I was invited to present at the annual LeWeb conference…

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Beth Comstock on “The Fountainhead”: Rand Gets Visionaries Right, But Business Woefully Wrong

January 2, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article by Beth Comstock for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. Her post is part of a series in which LinkedIn’s Influencers describe the books that…

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Daniel Roberts: An interview by Bob Morris

January 2, 2014

Daniel Roberts is a writer-reporter at Fortune, where he has worked since 2010. He is the lead reporter on the magazine’s 40 Under 40 franchise. He has also written for a wide range of other publications, in print and online,…

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