Commentaries

The importance of knowledge transfers

February 5, 2017

The results of the major research studies on employee satisfaction that I am aware of indicate that feeling appreciated is ranked at or near the top in terms of what is most important. Another is professional development. Most organizations claim…

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“What Is a Paradigm Shift?”

February 4, 2017

During a lecture at a European graduate school of business (August 2002), Georgia Agamben: “This title ‘What is a Paradigm?’ seems to suggest that my presentation will focus on epistemological and methodological questions. I do not feel at all it…

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4 Steps to Improving Your Writing

February 3, 2017

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 probably write on the job all the time: proposals to clients, memos…

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The hidden toll of workplace incivility

February 2, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Christine Porath for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. As she explains, research shows that hurtful workplace behavior can depress performance, increase employee turnover, and even mar customer…

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Beware the Overfit Trap in Data Analysis

February 2, 2017

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. * * * It can be exciting when your data analysis suggests a…

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How to Establish Trust Before Delegating Big Decisions

February 1, 2017

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. * * * Delegating tasks to employees and then trusting them to make…

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Don’t Make Your Stressed-Out Colleague More Stressed Out

January 31, 2017

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. * * * When we see a coworker at their limit, we want…

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Henry Chesbrough on “Open Innovation”

January 31, 2017

Henry Chesbrough is an American organizational theorist, adjunct professor and the executive director of the Harwood Center for Corporate Innovation at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He is best known for his work on…

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Why “1984” Is a 2017 Must-Read

January 30, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Michio Kakutani featured in The New York Times (January 26, 2017), one of the media sources reviled daily by the current occupant of the Oval Office. To read the complete article…

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Peter Drucker on “What Makes an Effective Executive”

January 29, 2017

In the 50th anniversary edition of The Effective Executive, Peter Drucker shares his thoughts about what makes an executive effective. As he explains, “An effective executive does [begin] not [end] need to be a leader in the sense what the…

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