Month: October 2016

Keep the Conversation Focused in Your Next Meeting

October 5, 2016

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. * * * You’ve seen it happen in a meeting before: One person…

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Walter Kiechel III on “The Management Century”

October 4, 2016

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Walter Kiechel III for Harvard Business Review (2012) 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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Hamid Hashemi (chief executive of iPic Entertainment) in “The Corner Office”

October 4, 2016

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 Hamid Hashemi, chief executive of…

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Welcome to the Dawn of the 4th Industrial Revolution: The Exponential Age

October 3, 2016

These are very interesting predictions…. I am indebted to Michael Bjorn Hansen for informing me that these predictions were put together by Robert Goldman with Alli Berman.   *     *      * In 1998, Kodak had 170,000 employees and sold…

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Good Presentations Need to Make People Uncomfortable

October 3, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Josh Bersin 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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Dan Negroni on “Chasing Relevance”: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

October 2, 2016

Dan Negroni founded launchbox to help businesses unleash the creativity and potential of today’s new Gen Y workforce. He is a CEO coach, consultant, keynote speaker, and chief launch officer for today’s critical cross-generational issues, bridging the gap between managers…

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Women in the Workplace 2016

October 2, 2016

This is an edited extract from Women in the Workplace 2016, a study undertaken by LeanIn.Org and McKinsey. It builds on the Women in the Workplace 2015 report, as well as similar research conducted by McKinsey in 2012. For more…

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Aron Ain (chief executive of Kronos) in “The Corner Office”

October 1, 2016

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 Aron Ain, chief executive of…

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How to Navigate Political Discussions at Work

October 1, 2016

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. * * * Talking about politics at work can be tricky: However strong…

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