Commentaries

Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work

July 4, 2016

Many of us believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backwards? Shawn Achor is the winner of over a dozen distinguished teaching awards at Harvard University, where he delivered lectures…

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How A Leader Can Impact Culture

July 4, 2016

In 1924, 3M’s then chairman and CEO, William L. McKnight, observed, “If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need.” Organizations with the highest percentage of positively and productively engaged workers have a culture…

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How high-performance organizations differ from all others

July 3, 2016

In Great Teams: 16 Things High Performing Organizations Do Differently, Don Yaeger explains what differentiates high-performance organizations from all others. For example, in Chapter 3, he focuses on how they establish a workplace culture that shapes their recruiting and hiring.…

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Bringing Minds Together

July 2, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Abele 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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How to Fight Through Intellectual Discomfort

July 2, 2016

4 Ways to beat that “Damn, this is going to be hard” feeling. Here is an excerpt from an article by Carson Tate for 99U. To read, the complete article, check out a wealth of other resources, obtain subscription information,…

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The 50 Best Online Colleges for 2016

July 1, 2016

Many people are unable to take classes on the campus of a four-year college or university. Taking community college courses may also not be an option. MOOCs (massive open online courses) are worthy of careful consideration. Based on my research,…

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Silo Busting: How to Execute on the Promise of Customer Focus

July 1, 2016

Curious, I checked the etymology of “silo” and learned that is from the Greek word siros, a “pit for holding grain”; that is, a structure for storing bulk materials. It is a highly efficient, cost-effective storage container of incalculable value.…

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Want Collaboration? Accept — and Actively Manage — Conflict

June 30, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jeff Weiss and Jonathan Hughes 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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The 3 Things That Keep Companies Growing

June 29, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Chris Zook and James Allen 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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How to Use Distraction to Your Advantage

June 29, 2016

Your scatterbrain is great when it is time to think of new ideas. But when it comes to executing those ideas? Not so much. Here is an excerpt from an article by Christian Jarrett for 99U. To read, the complete…

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