Commentaries

Employees Are Lonelier Than Ever. Here’s How Employers Can Help.

June 23, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Constance Noonan Hadley 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…

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John Cleese on Creativity in Management

June 22, 2021

Although usually associated with Monthy Python’s Flying Circus, a group of relentless humorists that he co-founded, John Cleese is also a remarkably brilliant as well as entertaining thought leader in the world of business education. Here is a direct link…

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The Wrong Way to Think About Creativity

June 21, 2021

 In Decoding Greatness, Ron Friedman explains how the best in the world reverse engineer their success. He extends the concept of reverse engineering into a wide range of applications that include but are not limited to investing. Carl Gustav Jacobi,…

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What the “Best Companies to Work For” Do Differently

June 20, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael O’Malley 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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What are the defining characteristics of an agile organization?

June 16, 2021

Many years ago, Jack Welch was asked why he highly admired small organizations. GE’s then chairman and CEO offered this response: “There are several reasons. For one, they communicate better. Without the din and prattle of bureaucracy, people listen as…

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Stop Being So Hard on Yourself

June 15, 2021

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Melody Wilding 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…

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Leverage Building: The “alpha dog of bargaining strategies”

June 13, 2021

In Creative Conflict, Bill Sanders and Frank Mobus offer “a practical guide for business negotiations.” Some of the most valuable material is provided in Chapter 5, “Bargaining Strategies.” They explain “how successful negotiating is driven by both competition and cooperation,…

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Three deliciously esoteric facts about food

June 12, 2021

In Decoding Greatness, Ron Friedman explains how the best in the world reverse engineer success. Throughout his lively and eloquent narrative, he inserts hundred of nuggets of information. These three caught my eye: “1. The reason donuts have a hole…

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Identify — and Hire — Lifelong Learners

June 11, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Marc Zao-Sanders 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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Preparing for Re-entry into the Physical Workplace: Lessons from NASA

June 9, 2021

Michael Stallard is an author, keynote speaker, and global expert on how leaders develop work culture to tap into the power of human connection that maximizes productivity, innovation and performance. I urge you to check out each of his 55…

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