Commentaries

Know How to Bridge Cultural Differences

July 28, 2015

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 you do business with people from another culture —…

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The 40 Greatest Innovations of All Time

July 27, 2015

Here is a portion of a list compiled by Ryan Allis for The Startup Guide, a cultural resource that combines the essence of the social enterprise movement with the hacker spirit of high-growth technology startups and gives advice for future…

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Buying Into Culture

July 27, 2015

It is no coincidence that most of the companies annually ranked among those that are most highly admired and best to work for are also annually ranked among those that are most profitable and have the greatest cap value in…

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Marshall Goldsmith on “10 Belief Triggers that Sabotage Your Success”

July 26, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from a blog post by Marshall Goldsmith in which he explains how and why some of our inner beliefs can trigger failure before it happens. They sabotage change by cancelling its possibility! Discover how to…

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Cliff Clavin (John Ratzenberger) explains Charles Darwin’s theories to Norm Peterson (George Wendt)

July 25, 2015
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The Seductions of the Infosphere

July 25, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Charles Handy 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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The Nine Questions That All Breakthrough Innovators Ask

July 24, 2015

Here is a recent blog post by Josh Linkner. I urge you to check out the wealth of valuable resources at his website. * * * From discovering new drug therapies to winning triathlons, the capacity for human achievement is…

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Here’s how to increase and enrich employee engagement in one sentence

July 24, 2015

What would be the advice you would give to an organization to improve employee engagement? What if that advice could only be one sentence? An e-book was created from a forum at the Employee Engagement Network. Please click here to…

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John Kotter on the Major Pitfalls of Organizational Transformation

July 23, 2015

In Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail (HBR OnPoint 2000), John Kotter identifies and discusses eight “pitfalls” to avoid when embarked upon organizational transformation. Here they are, accompanied by my brief comments: 1. Not establishing a great enough sense of…

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The Emotional Impulses That Poison Healthy Teams

July 23, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Annie McKee 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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