Month: March 2017
In the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict, Amy Gallo and 37 “Guest Experts” explain how to ensure that disagreements do not become lose-lose arguments in the workplace…or anywhere else. Here are a few of her observations and suggestions to…
Read MoreIn Radical Candor, Kim Scott explains how almost any organization — whatever its size and nature may be — can “defy the gravitational pull of organizational mediocrity.” The ultimate goal of what she characterizes as Radical Candor “is to achieve…
Read MoreEduardo Braun is a leadership expert, keynote speaker, and author. For more than 15 years he has traveled the globe and engaged in conversation with world-renowned management leaders, heads of state, and top academics and entrepreneurs, including personalities such as…
Read MoreThe Leading Brain: Powerful Science-Based Strategies for Achieving Peak Performance Friederike Fabricius and Hands Hagemann TarcherPerigee/Penguin Random House (February 2017). Here are several science-based strategies that can drive peak performance Although by no means an authority in the multiple dimensions…
Read MoreIn Radical Candor, Kim Scott explains how almost any organization — whatever its size and nature may be — can “defy the gravitational pull of organizational mediocrity.” The ultimate goal of what she characterizes as Radical Candor “is to achieve…
Read MoreRobert Bruce Shaw assists business leaders in building organizations and teams capable of superior performance. His specialty is working closely with senior executives, as individuals and as groups, on organizational and leadership effectiveness. Robert often works with leaders in new…
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The Net and the Butterfly: The Art and Practice of Breakthrough Thinking Olivia Fox Cabane and Judah Pollack Portfolio/Penguin Random House (February 2017) How breakthrough thinking can accelerate personal growth and professional development Olivia Fox Cabane and Judah Pollack make…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Nathaniel Plamondon for Halogen Software’s TalentSpace blog. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * *…
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Humility Is the New Smart: Rethinking Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age Edward D. Hess and Katherine Ludwig Barrett-Koehler Publishers (January 2017) “NewSmart”: Excellence at the very highest levels of cognition and initiative What will be the percentage of…
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The Three Distinguishing Features of a Third and (Perhaps) Better Way to Innovate
In The Power of Little Ideas, written with Kent Lineback, David Robertson introduces a low-risk, high-reward approach to innovation he characterizes as the “Third Way.” In essence, this approach is “neither incremental improvement in current products nor revolutionary [radical] disruption…
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