Commentaries

Affirmations of Having a Values-Driven Life and Career

November 11, 2016

The shabby U.S. presidential campaign in 2016 has reminded me again of how important a values-driven life and career are unless those values demonstrate what Hannah Arendt so aptly characterizes as “the banality of evil.” Here are a few thought-provoking…

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The Perils of Personal Depth

November 10, 2016

In The Mosaic Principle: The Six Dimensions of a Remarkable Life and Career published by PublicAffairs (November 2016), Nick Lovegrove observes that “each of us does have a choice: greater breadth or greater depth. In today’s world, there are intensifying…

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How to Get Two Very Different Teams to Collaborate

November 10, 2016

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’s easy to assume that because two teams are part…

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What Great Listeners Actually Do

November 9, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman 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…

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Slow Deciders Make Better Strategists

November 8, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Mark Chussil 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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Leadership and behavior: Mastering the mechanics of reason and emotion

November 7, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Julia Sperling and David Schwartz for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They interview a Nobel Prize winner and a leading behavioral economist who offer common sense and…

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Realizing the power of talented women

November 6, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Michelle Angier and Beth Axelrod for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription…

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How the Very Best Strategists Decide

November 6, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Mark Chussil 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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Bernhard Schroeder on “Simply Brilliant”: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

November 5, 2016

Bernhard Schroeder is Director, Lavin Entrepreneurship Center Programs and oversees all of the center’s undergraduate and graduate internship programs. He is a part-time Clinical Faculty, Entrepreneurship within the College of Business Administration at San Diego State University. Bern brings over…

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Great Business Advice

November 5, 2016

  After the Xerox board elected Anne M. Mulcahy to serve as CEO on August 1, 2001, she sought and received advice from several people. One of them provided what she found to be the best advice, when responding to…

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