Commentaries

Phil Stutz and Barry Michels: “What Is a Tool?”

September 12, 2013

Phil Stutz and Barry Michels are psychotherapists as well as the co-authors of The Tools: Transform Your Problems into Courage, Confidence, and Creativity, published by Spiegel & Grau/Random House (2012). As Michels explains, “Twenty-five years have passed since Phil and…

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The Set-Up-To-Fail Syndrome: No Harm Intended — A Relationship Spirals from Bad to Worse

September 12, 2013

Here is the executive summary of an article co-authored by Jean-François Manzoni and Jean-Louis Barsoux that was published in Harvard Business Review and later developed into a book. To read the complete article, you must be registered to have free…

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Michael Lewis on how and why he writes what he writes

September 11, 2013

Here is an excerpt from another brilliant essay by Maria Popova and featured by her blog for mind/heart/soul-starved explorers, Brain Pickings. Her taste is impeccable and her judgment flawless. Please check out the treasures by clicking here. * * *…

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Pioneer women who “leaned in” throughout U.S. history

September 10, 2013

With all due respect to Sheryl Sanberg, she is only one of the latest women who have “leaned in” to achieve success in U.S. history. I highly recommend Gail Collins’ America’s Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines,…

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Alan Gregerman on “Rethinking Employee Engagement”

September 10, 2013

As I began to read Alan Gregerman’s recently published book, The Necessity of Strangers: The Intriguing Truth About Insight, Innovation, and Success, I was again reminded of how deceptively complicated the word “stranger” is. It could refer to someone we…

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Rajat Taneja on “What I Learned from Steve Ballmer”

September 9, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article by Rajat Taneja for LinkedIn. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * Steve Ballmer recently announced his retirement setting off a firestorm of analysis of…

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A Worse You Could Be Better Off: Robert Trivers’ The Folly of Fools

September 9, 2013

Here is a classic essay by Jennifer Jacquet for Scientific American magazine (October 26, 2011) in which she discusses Robert Trivers’ then latest book, The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life. To read the…

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Why you need to know about Edge.org

September 7, 2013

There are dozens of reasons why you need to know about Edge.org. Here are three: 1. I know of no other single online resource that offers more content of superior quality and greater intellectual value than does Edge.org. 2. Its associates are among the…

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Hemingway, Thoreau, Jefferson and the Virtues of a Good Long Walk

September 6, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Arianna Huffington for LinkedIn. She reminds me again of countless times in years past when I took long walks in the woods of New England (especially when foliage was in full…

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Understanding Employee Turnover Key to Staying Ahead: Why Turnover Begins With Hiring

September 6, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Cliff Stevenson for Talent Management magazine. As he observes, “Turnover is one of those things leaders pay attention to when it goes bad. They don’t usually think of good turnover, although…

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