Commentaries

Don’t Let Perfection Be the Enemy of Productivity

March 26, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Alice Boye 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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How the technology revolution is driving a leadership revolution

March 26, 2020

In his latest and (in my opinion) most valuable book, Charismatic Leadership: The Skills You Can Learn to Motivate High Performance in Others, Kevin Murray shares his thoughts about several issues of special interest to all leaders as well as…

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Why it is always Day 1 at Amazon

March 25, 2020

In Always Day One, Alex Kantrowitz explains that “Always Day One” is code at Amazon for “inventing like a startup, with little regard for legacy…in today’s business world, where Day Two is death, it’s the key to survival.” Kantrowitz suggests…

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Design a Better Decision-Making Process for Your Organization

March 25, 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. *     *     * Unfocused meetings. Competing priorities. Confusion over who gets…

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Jack Welch’s Approach to Leadership

March 24, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Claudio Fernandez Araoz 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…

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Why Relational Connection Is So Important During the Coronavirus Pandemic

March 23, 2020

During these difficult times, wisdom is especially welcome as we struggle to cope with all manner of challenges, often in the form of ambiguities. Two friends, Katherine and Michael Stafford shared a personal statement with me and now I share…

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Mastering the duality of digital: How companies withstand disruption

March 23, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article that provides results of an important research study shared in the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and…

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Building new businesses: How incumbents use their advantages to accelerate growth

March 22, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Matt Banholze, Markus Berger-de Leon, Ralf Dreischmeier, Ari Libarikian, and Erik Roth for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more…

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Disruptive innovation: A Primer

March 22, 2020

  In an article for HBR co-authored with Joseph Bower, “Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave” (January/February 1995), Clayton Christensen introduces the concept of disruptive innovation, one that creates a new market and value network and eventually disrupts an existing market…

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Focus on “Microhabits” to Change Your Behavior

March 21, 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. *     *     * High achievers often have lofty aspirations for self-improvement. But…

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