Commentaries

To unlock better decision making, plan better meetings

November 21, 2020

  How can senior managers get better, faster business decisions from the meetings they attend or lead? Planning is key. Here is an excerpt from the transcript of a podcast featured in the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company.…

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The Trust Crisis

November 19, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information,…

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How Apple Is Organized for Innovation

November 18, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Joel M. Podolny and Morten T. Hansen for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information,…

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Stop Eliminating Perfectly Good Candidates by Asking Them the Wrong Questions

November 17, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nilofer Merchant 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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When a Leader Just Won’t Go: Wisdom from Shakespeare to Dickens to ‘Seinfeld’ on President Trump’s long non-goodbye

November 16, 2020

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Sarah Lyall for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and learn about deep-discount subscription rates, please click here. Credit: Chloe Cushman * * * In…

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Atul Gawande on the importance of a “positive deviant”

November 15, 2020

In “The Bell Curve,” an article written for The New Yorker (December 6, 2004), Atul Gawande uses the term “positive deviant” to describe unusually effective performers in the field of medicine. In fact, there are outliers in all fields. To Gawande,…

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Feeling Overwhelmed? Here’s How to Get Through the Workday. by

November 13, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Alice Boyes 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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When nothing is normal: Managing in extreme uncertainty  

November 12, 2020

In this uniquely severe global crisis, leaders need new operating models to respond quickly to the rapidly shifting environment and sustain their organizations through the trials ahead. Here is an excerpt from an article written by Patrick Finn, Mihir Mysore,…

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George Lucas on his life and work

November 5, 2020

Thank you, IMDb, for providing a wealth of information about  the entertainment world. For example, about the life and work of George Lucas. He was born in 1944 and raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was…

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Be a More Vulnerable Leader in Times of Crisis

November 4, 2020

  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. *     *     * Leading through uncertainty is hard. How should you…

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