Commentaries

Rethinking 5 Beliefs that Erode Workplace Motivation

May 19, 2015

Here is Part 1 of an article by Susan Fowler for LinkedIn Plus. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Can you fill-in-the-blanks on these common workplace…

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Seriously Fun Courses in Critical Thinking

May 18, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Bill Jensen, featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up to receive email alerts, please click here. * * * And you thought these…

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How to Make It OK for Employees to Challenge Your Ideas

May 18, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Hal Gregersen 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 Cope with Four Great Disruptive Forces

May 16, 2015

In No Ordinary Disruption Richard Dobbs, James Manyika, and Jonathan Woetzel explain how to cope with “four global forces breaking all the trends”: emerging growth markets (including cities) as the new gravitational centers of economic activity, increasingly faster pace of…

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The First Question to Ask of Any Strategy

May 16, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Roger L. Martin 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…

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“The Disruptive Dozen” Technologies

May 14, 2015

In No Ordinary Disruption, Richard Dobbs, James Manyika, and Jonathan Woetzel explain how to cope with “four global forces breaking all the trends”: emerging growth markets (including cities) as the new gravitational centers of economic activity, increasingly faster pace of…

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7 Steps to Improving Nonverbal Communication

May 14, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Jeff Wolf for AMACOM’s amanet.org Playbook. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and sing up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Businesspeople learn early in…

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Just for fun….

May 13, 2015

Here’s a brief video of tigers playing in a pool for the first time after being rescued from cages. Looks like great fun to me! Have a look. Caption: Photo credit: Screenshot from video of Lily and Carli, the two…

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Remembering Dave Goldberg, the Ultimate Mensch

May 13, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article by Adam Grant featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Most of us are lucky if…

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Mending the STEM Gap

May 13, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sarah Fister Gale for Talent Management magazine. She suggests that increasing the number of women in STEM jobs requires companies to adjust their recruiting strategies and broader cultural norms. To read…

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