Commentaries

Challenge the Way You’re Measuring Data

July 19, 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. * * * Data can provide enlightening information to a company’s leaders, guiding…

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Here’s a “One-Minute Intuition Checklist”

July 18, 2016

In her recently published book,Put Your Intuition to Work: How to Supercharge Your Inner Wisdom to Think Fast and Make Great Decisions (ublished by Career Press, July 2016), Lynn Robinson explains, “This book is based on Trust Your Gut: How…

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Is artificial intelligence a threat?

July 17, 2016

While at work this morning, I noticed a paper clip on my desk, next to the computer terminal. And next to it was a much more advanced device, the binder clip. Curious, I visited the Staples website and learned that…

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Make Sure You Learn from Your Mistakes

July 16, 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. * * * Continuing to grow and innovate means taking risks, which…

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When You’re Better Off Skipping a Difficult Conversation

July 15, 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. * * * Every leader needs to give negative feedback to their…

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Hillary Clinton’s Scandal Mistake

July 14, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s history with Republican-instigated criminal investigations has led her to be excessively defensive. Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Jeffrey Toobin for The New Yorker. To read the complete article, check out other material, and obtain…

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Four great books to read this summer

July 13, 2016

Family members, friends, and business associates frequently ask me to suggest some “great books” to read during the summer. I cannot think of four better than these, all of them written by Erik Larson: Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time,…

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Get the Crowd to Weigh In on Strategic Decisions

July 12, 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. * * * In most organizations authority for the most important strategic…

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Warren Buffett’s Proposed Congressional Reforms

July 11, 2016

Warren Buffett once told CNBC: “I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for…

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Five Tips to Help Lead Your Team to Greatness

July 10, 2016

In Team Genius: The New Science of High-Performing Organizations, one of Rich Karlgaard and Michael Malone’s key insights is that work really gets done by informal teams rather than by standing committees or groups assigned to formal projects of finite…

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