Month: October 2017

The Secret Lives of Leonardo da Vinci

October 15, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from a book review by Claudia Roth Pierpont for The New Yorker. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration by Tamara Shopsin; engraving from Hulton Archive…

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Stay Calm When Someone Is Getting on Your Nerves

October 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. * * * Every manager has a few behaviors they’re particularly sensitive to…

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Pick Conferences Based on Who You Want to Meet

October 14, 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. * * * New conferences are announced almost every day, but realistically you…

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Fostering women leaders: A fitness test for your top team

October 14, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Lareina Ye for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription information, and register…

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Don’t Let Technology Hiccups Disrupt Your Remote Work

October 14, 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. * * * When you work remotely, technology failures can cause confusion, eat…

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Use High Standards to Motivate Employees

October 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. * * * Employees constantly watch their leaders to understand what kind of…

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Tobias Lütke (C.E.O. of Shopify) in “The Corner Office”

October 13, 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 Tobias Lütke, an e-commerce software…

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Vivian S. Lee (C.E.O. of University of Utah Health Care) in “The Corner Office”

October 12, 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 Vivian S. Lee, . To…

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Earn Your Manager’s Respect by Being Adaptable

October 12, 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. * * * Earn Your Manager’s Respect by Being Adaptable Respect from…

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A New Way to Think

October 11, 2017

In Creating Great Choices, Jennifer Riel and Roger L. Martin have much of substantial value to say about design thinking. As they explain, “Design thinking begins with seeking to understand…For the purpose of designing products or services, the unit of…

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