Commentaries

Don’t Set Growth Targets Without Thinking Carefully About Timing

January 30, 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. * * * You’ve probably seen them before — those project spreadsheets in…

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If you read only one article this year to feed your brain, check this one out.

January 28, 2018

In “While You Were Sleeping,” an article featured by The New York Times (January17, 2018), Thomas L. Friedman discusses what will probably prove to be the most significant contribution to human development: quantum learning. If you are skeptical, good. Read…

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Here’s what your company needs….

January 28, 2018

Once a month, your company sponsors what I call an onsite “brown bag seminar.” Open to all employees. Presentation and discussion of high-impact ideas that can be put to work immediately. Participants receive a hand-out that reviews key points. During…

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Try Not to Stress Out a Boss Who Stresses You Out

January 27, 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. * * * No one is their best self under stress — remember…

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Three Ways to Expand Your Passions and Sense of Purpose

January 26, 2018

In Morten Hansen‘s latest book, Great at Work, he explains “how top performers do less, work better, and achieve more.” He suggests that there are three ways to expand your passions and sense of purpose. The challenge is to get them in…

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A Refresher on Marketing Myopia

January 26, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Amy Gallo 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…

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McKinsey Quarterly: The most popular articles in 2017

January 25, 2018

Here is an articled about the most popular articles that appeared in the McKinsey Quarterly in 2017, 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 Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)

January 25, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tara Eurich 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…

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When Changing Your Company’s Culture, Celebrate Small Wins

January 24, 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 you’re trying to implement a new culture in your…

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Why breakthrough innovators are “driven to work”

January 24, 2018

In Quirky, Melissa A. Schilling focuses on eight “breakthrough innovators”: Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Elon Musk, Dean Kamen, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs. While doing so, she draws upon an abundance of recent research. However different…

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