Month: July 2017

How To Disagree With Feedback

July 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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Joe Andrew (global chairman of Dentons) in “The Corner Office”

July 15, 2017

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 Joe Andrew, global chairman of…

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WITBBDTM?

July 14, 2017

Some of the most valuable business lessons I have learned over the years have been from owner/CEOs of small companies with which I was closely associated. One was an S&L in Southern California owned and managed by a wife and…

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What talent management can do to shape next-generation leaders

July 14, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an interview of Robert Pucci by Mary Meaney for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. Many if not most of his comments are relevant to leaders in almost every industry segment. To…

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Artificial intelligence meets the C-suite

July 13, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an interview of the authors of The Second Machine Age, Erik Brynjolfsson,  Andrew McAfee, and Jeremy Howard who examine the impact that “thinking” machines may have on top-management roles for the McKinsey Quarterly, published…

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Leaders, Are You Really Open to Hearing Feedback?

July 13, 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. * * * If you’re in an influential position, you’ve probably told employees…

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Why You Shouldn’t Avoid Difficult Performance Conversations

July 12, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Jamie Resker 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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Observations by a scientist whose mind resembles Swiss Army knife

July 12, 2017

Richard P. Feynman was born in 1918 and grew up in Far Rockaway, New York. At the age of seventeen he entered MIT and in 1939 went to Princeton, then to Los Alamos, where he joined in the effort to…

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Make Time for Little Tasks That Have to Get Done

July 11, 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. * * * Everyone has those small but necessary tasks — clearing out…

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Paid to Think: A book review by Bob Morris

July 11, 2017

Paid to Think: A Leader’s Toolkit for Redefining Your Future David Goldsmith with Lorrie Goldsmith BenBella Books (2012) A one-volume library of business information, insights, and wisdom Note: The title is somewhat misleading because the scope and depth of the…

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