Commentaries

Incumbents as attackers: Brand-driven innovation

June 27, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Jean-Baptiste Coumau, Victor Fabius, and Thomas Meyer for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They explain how and why big companies are finding growth in new markets by…

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Measuring the Benefits of Employee Engagement

June 26, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by V. Kumar and Anita Pansarim for MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * It’s well…

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One Man’s All-Time NFL Team

June 25, 2015

Over the years, I have frequently engaged in rather lively conversations with other NFL fans with regard to who should be on the all-time best team. My own choices are limited to those I have seen play in person or…

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Leading People When They Know More than You Do

June 25, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Wanda T. Wallace and David Creelman 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…

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Daniel Goleman on “The Focused Leader”

June 24, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Daniel Goleman that originally appeared in Harvard Business Review (December 2013), The Focused Leader , was selected by the HBR Editors to be included in HBR’s 10 Must Reads 2015: The…

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W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne on “Blue Ocean Leadership”

June 24, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne that originally appeared in Harvard Business Review (May 2014), Blue Ocean Leadership, was selected by the HBR Editors to be included in HBR’s 10 Must…

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Assessment: Is It Time to Rethink Your Career?

June 23, 2015

Here is a brief article written by Herminia Ibarra 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, please click…

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Hal Gregersen on how to think and act to make our world a better, more creative place

June 23, 2015

A cutting-edge innovation and leadership guru, co-author of The Innovator’s DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators, and Executive Director of the MIT Leadership Center, Hal Gregersen challenges organizations and individuals to question the way we think and act…

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Introducing Jennifer Aaker

June 22, 2015

A social psychologist and marketer, Jennifer Aaker is the General Atlantic Professor of Marketing at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Her research spans time, money and happiness. She focuses on questions such as: What actually makes people happy, as…

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