Month: April 2019

The granularity of growth

April 3, 2019

  Here is a brief excerpt from a classic article written by Mehrdad Baghai, Sven Smit, and S. Patrick Viguerie for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more…

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Women Rising: The Unseen Barriers

April 2, 2019

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Herminia Ibarra, Robin J. Ely, Deborah M. Kolb for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription…

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10 Brainteasers to Stretch Your Brain

April 2, 2019

  Here’s a list compiled by Holly Green, shared in an article for Forbes magazine. * * * Earlier this year, I posted a blog entitled “Tease Your Brain.”  It offered 10 brainteasers that showed how our preconceived notions, combined…

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Reimagining mobility: A CEO’s guide

April 2, 2019

  Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Kersten Heineke, Asutosh Padhi, Dickon Pinner, and Andreas Tschiesner for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more…

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Why a One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Employee Development Doesn’t Work

April 1, 2019

 Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sydney Finkelstein 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, please click here.…

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The defining characteristics of a “best team”

April 1, 2019

In an appendix to Nine Lies About Work, Roanne Bisby Davis and Ashley Goodall explain, “Four years ago, the human resources team at Cisco set out to measure the world of work as carefully and reliably as possible. Since then,…

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