Commentaries

Five Urban Talent Myths Exposed

July 18, 2015

As you no doubt know already, an urban myth is an immensely popular story or piece of information circulated as true but is in fact bogus. Two examples in ancient times: the earth is flat and the moon is made…

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Building a Winning Political Team

July 17, 2015

Above: Ronald Reagan and his presidential-campaign chairman, William Casey, in June 1980. Ronald Reagan knew how to do it. So did Bill Clinton. Their secret? They ignored the conventional wisdom. Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by…

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Know When to Speak Out

July 17, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Arne Sorenson for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the3 cvomplete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * In the How I Lead series,…

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That Time I Got Promoted — and My Mentor Combusted

July 16, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Sallie Krawcheck for LinkedIn Pulse. “I took over a team — and a bunch of people then quit (including my mentor). Here’s how I rebuilt.” To read the complete article, check…

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Richard Branson on “The Value of Delaying Judgment”

July 15, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Richard Branson for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * In the How I Lead series,…

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How to set the right priorities and obtain buy-in throughout the given enterprise

July 15, 2015

In Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time, Jeff Sutherland shares his thoughts about how to set the right priorities. As he explains, “The important thing, though, is just to begin. Just start…You don’t need…

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How and Why Strategy, Not Technology, Drives Digital Transformation

July 15, 2015

Here is the executive summary of a report completed by Gerald C. Kane, Doug Palmer, Anh Nguyen Phillips, David Kron, and Natasha Buckley for MIT SLoan Management Review that explains how an organization can become a digitally mature enterprise. To…

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Wanted: Inclusive Leaders

July 14, 2015

Business success requires cross-cultural agility, curiosity and self-awareness to grow and innovate the business ad well as attract and develop talent. But today’s leaders are mostly unprepared. Here is an excerpt from an article written by Andres T. Tapia for…

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Ask the Right Questions to Put Problems in Context

July 13, 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. * * * Being too immersed in a problem makes it harder for…

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Daniel Kahneman on “The Illusion [or Delusion] of Validity”

July 12, 2015

I recently re-read Dan Kahneman‘s Thinking, Fast and Slow, and was amazed by how much that I noted in his narrative, this time, that I had either missed or misunderstood during previous readings. In Chapter 20, “The Illusion of Validity,”…

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