Commentaries

Jack Welch: “Rank-and-Yank”? That’s Not How It’s Done

January 4, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Jack Welch for The Wall Street Journal in which he explains why using “differentiation” — rather than “rank-and-yank” — can align employee performance with an organization’s mission and values. To read…

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How to Make a New Year’s Resolution, According to Neurologists (With a Flowchart!)

January 3, 2014

Here is an article posted by Charles Duhigg at LinkedIn Pulse. To check out the wealth of other resources and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * It’s 2014! Congratulations on making it through another year!…

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Where’s the Value In Talent Analytics?

January 3, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Eugene Burke for Talent Management magazine in which he explains why big data is not as important as big insights — the relevance, impact and action that come from data, and…

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The Dilemma’s Innovator: The Next 10 Years Will Either Happen To Us or Because of Us

January 2, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article by Brian Solis for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * This year, I was invited to present at the annual LeWeb conference…

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Beth Comstock on “The Fountainhead”: Rand Gets Visionaries Right, But Business Woefully Wrong

January 2, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article by Beth Comstock for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. Her post is part of a series in which LinkedIn’s Influencers describe the books that…

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As another new year approaches….

December 20, 2013

It has been a pleasure as well as a privilege to read and review so many outstanding books and interview those who wrote them, then be able to share this wealth of material with others throughout the world. This will…

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James Citrin’s “Big Idea 2014”: The One Crucial Leadership Skill Is Agility

December 20, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by James Citrin for LinkedIn’s “Big Ideas 2014” series in which LinkedIn Influencers pick one big idea that will shape 2014. To read the complete article and check out others, please…

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The New “Four Ps”: Everything You Need to Know About Your Customers

December 19, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article by David Edelman for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. Image: Chrisinplymoth/Flickr * * * Every marketer at some point early on in his/her career…

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Onora O’Neill on “What we don’t understand about trust”

December 19, 2013

Trust is on the decline, and we need to rebuild it. That’s a commonly heard suggestion for making a better world … but, says philosopher Onora O’Neill, we don’t really understand what we’re suggesting. She flips the question, showing us…

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Tim Brown on “The Need for More Darwin and Less Newton in Our Approach to Design”

December 18, 2013

In 1969, Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon noted: “Engineering, medicine, business, architecture, and painting are concerned not with the necessary but with the contingent — not with how things are, but with they might be — in short, with design. Every…

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