Month: June 2017

If You Want to Be More Mindful, Practice

June 15, 2017

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. * * * Research shows that mindfulness has all sorts of benefits. Yet…

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Practical Ways To Receive Feedback

June 15, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Laurie Ruettimann 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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“Strategy & Corporate Finance: Special collections” from McKinsey & Company

June 14, 2017

Here is an invitation from the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, to check out “Strategy & Corporate Finance: Special collections.” “Please browse our lasting insights on important topics in strategy and corporate finance, from resource allocation to transactions,…

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How to Have Difficult Conversations When You Don’t Like Conflict

June 14, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Joel Garfinkle 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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Booz & Company’s “The Thought Leader Interview” Series: Sylvia Nas

June 13, 2017

Here is the introduction to an interview of Sylvia Nasar by Rob Norton as part of “The Thought Leader Interview” series featured by strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. To read the complmail alerts, and obtain subscription information, please…

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What to Do When You Inherit a Team That Isn’t Working Hard Enough

June 13, 2017

Her   Here is an excerpt from an article written by Joseph Grenny 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…

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The Mathematical Corporation: A book review by Bob Morris

June 12, 2017

The Mathematical Corporation: Where Machine Intelligence and Human Ingenuity Achieve the Impossible Josh Sullivan and Angela Zutavern PublicAffairs (June 6, 2017 The Ultimate Collaboration on “the other side of complexity” Up front, I share a response to this book’s subtitle:…

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What Makes Work Meaningful — Or Meaningless

June 12, 2017

New research offers insights into what gives work meaning — as well as into common management mistakes that can leave employees feeling that their work is meaningless. Here is an excerpt from an article by Catherine Bailey and Sdrien Madden…

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By More Than Providence: A book review by Bob Morris

June 11, 2017

By More Than Providence: Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia Pacific Since 1783 Michael Green Columbia University Press (2017) Why and how — throughout its history — the U.S. has had to secure its position in the Asia…

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The STAR Model: Close the Saying-Doing Gap to Build a High-Performing Team

June 11, 2017

The Executive Education and Center for Leadership and Change Management programs at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania continue to generate an abundance of valuable material for executives in need of cutting edge thinking. Nao Tools offer an…

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