Commentaries

How to Deal with Difficult Employees and Co-workers

June 25, 2014

Here’s a brief excerpt from an article by Christina Boyes for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. Image credit: Graphic Stock * * * You probably hate dandelions. Almost everyone with a…

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Justynn Royal on “3 Reasons Why You Need to Take Care of Your Team”

June 25, 2014

Here’s an excerpt from an article by Justynn Royal for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * Not too long ago, an organization that I was a part of suffered…

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Using marketing analytics to drive superior growth

June 25, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Reship Bhandari, Marc Singer, and Hiek van der Scheer for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They suggest what can be learned from companies using marketing analytics to drive…

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Sylvia Ann Hewlett on “How to Deepen Your Gravitas”

June 24, 2014

Those who have read one or more of Sylvia Ann Hewlett‘s previously published books (notably When the Bough Breaks, Off-Ramps and On-Ramps, Winning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets, and Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor) already know that…

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Inside Pixar’s Creative Culture

June 24, 2014

Here is a brief article by Martha Mangelsdorf for MIT Sloan Management Review. To check out other articles, obtain subscription information, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Pixar has an impressive record of producing…

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Forge meaning, build identity: Andrew Solomon at TED2014

June 23, 2014

The extraordinary and eloquent Andrew Solomon closes TED2014 with a talk that brought the theater to its feet. Popular wisdom, begins Solomon, is that we find meaning, that it is an external truth to seek. But after a lifetime as…

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How to Help Your Employees Fall in Love With Their Jobs

June 22, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Liz Kelly for The Muse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. Photo of happy people courtesy of Shutterstock. * *…

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Frank Kalman on “Employers Engage on Engagement”

June 22, 2014

Here is an excerpt from another excellent article written by Frank Kalman for Talent Management magazine. He explains how and why companies lean heavily on recognition, work-life balance, and wellness to promote engagement, yet undervalue such factors when it comes…

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Marty Neumeier on “Ten Ways to Learn How to Learn”

June 21, 2014

In his latest book, The 46 Rules of Genius: An Innovator’s Guide to Creativity, Marty Neumeier observes, “Teaching yourself is called autodidacticism. It requires that you develop your own theory of learning, a personal framework for acquiring new knowledge. While…

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Clayton Christensen Responds to New Yorker Takedown of “Disruptive Innovation”

June 20, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an interview by Drake Bennett of Clayton Christensen for Bloomberg Businessweek. It is a “must read” for anyone who has a keen interest in cutting-edge business thinking as well as a keen interest in…

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