Commentaries

10 Facts You May Not Know About Martin Luther King Jr.

January 15, 2018

  Here is an excerpt from an article by Christopher Klein that is featured at history.com. To read the complete article and check out other resources, please click here. * * * Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was a Baptist…

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McKinsey Quarterly: The year’s most popular articles on leadership

January 15, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by the McKinsey Quarterly‘s editors, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for email alerts, please click here.…

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Perfection

January 14, 2018

In Morten Hansen‘s latest book, Great at Work, he explains “how top performers do less, work better, and achieve more.” Consider this brief passage in which he discusses perfection: “Occam’s razor at work doesn’t say you should simplify all the way to one.…

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Which of Your Strengths Are You Overusing?

January 14, 2018

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. * * * Most leaders have strengths that make them distinctive. But those…

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McKinsey Quarterly: The year’s most popular articles on analytics (2017)

January 13, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by the editors of the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * *…

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What Can You Delegate Today?

January 12, 2018

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. * * * Many of us know the benefits of delegation: It helps…

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“The 10 Best Life and Business Lessons I’ve Learned So Far”

January 11, 2018

Here are three of several business insights learned from Timothy Sykes, Elon Musk’s chief automotive designer, that almost anyone can can apply to life and business. To read the complete article and check out others that Entrepreneur magazine offers, please…

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13 Subtle [and Not So Subtle] Ways Women Are Treated Differently At Work

January 11, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article by Jenna Goudreau for Business Insider. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * How can you fight an enemy you can’t see? That’s the challenge…

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On Ted Levitt and “Marketing Myopia”

January 10, 2018

Here is an excerpt from a article written about Theodore Levitt by the editors of Harvard Business Review (July/August 2004 issue) and the HBR Blog Network. His “Marketing Myopia” is generally viewed as the single most important article in what continues to be…

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If You Aren’t Good at Planning, Get Tips from People Who Are

January 9, 2018

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. *     *     * If your brain isn’t naturally wired for making…

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