Commentaries

What’s the “secret sauce” for accelerating personal growth and professional development?

June 28, 2016

In their latest collaboration, Learning Leadership: The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner articulate what I characterize as the “secret sauce” for accelerating personal growth and professional development: “You have to aspire to excel.…

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Patrick Lencioni on “The Ideal Team Player”

June 28, 2016

All of the companies that are annually ranked as the most highly admired and best to work for have a workplace culture within which collaboration thrives. In his latest business fable, The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate…

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The economic essentials of digital strategy

June 26, 2016

Do you and your colleagues need a supply-and-demand guide to digital disruption? Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Angus Dawson, Martin Hirt, and Jay Scanlan for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read…

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Design and business: The substance of style

June 25, 2016

“Correlation is not causation, of course, but some of the world’s most successful companies are good at design.” So suggests Bennett Voyles in an article featured by LiveMint, published by HT Media. This company found its beginning in 1924 when…

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Think Less, Think Better

June 23, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Moshe Bar that appeared in The New York Times. If you wish to read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Gérard DuBois…

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Here’s a Diplomatic Way to Eliminate Irrelevance During Meetings

June 22, 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. * * * When meeting participants veer off topic, critical agenda items…

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Amy WIlkinson on “fundamental approaches to the act of creation”

June 21, 2016

The term “code” with regard to individuals is comparable with the term “secret sauce” with regard to organizations. Just as there are defining characteristics of great organizations, there are defining characteristics of exceptionally creative people. However different they may be…

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The case for a bright American future, according to billionaire Warren Buffett

June 21, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Niraj Chokshi for the Washington Post. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information , please click here. Photo Credit: Nati Harnik/AP * * * Sourpusses take…

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Sprints Are the Secret to Getting More Done

June 19, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Zeratsky 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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