Commentaries

How to Deliver Negative Feedback with Care

July 16, 2013

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. * * * It’s a manager’s job to occasionally make an employee aware…

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To Follow Checklists, or, To Create Cultures: How Should We lead Creative Talent?

July 16, 2013

Here is a guest article by Lina Echeverría who spent twenty-five years inspiring creativity and accelerating innovation at Corning Incorporated, one of America’s leading technology companies. She led teams of scientists and researchers at Corning that developed everything from the…

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The Importance of Scheduling Nothing

July 15, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Jeff Weiner and featured by LinkedIn. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. If you were to see my calendar, you’d probably notice a host…

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Thunderbird: A Case Study In Organizational Decline

July 14, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article by Taylor Ellis for Poets & Quants, an online social network that provides a wealth of information about business education programs. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and sign up…

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The Secret to Building Dream Teams

July 12, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ira Grossman and Bill Holmes for Talent Management magazine in which they explain how Reebok used pre-hire assessments to identify the behavioral attributes that support the company culture and individual job…

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How Drucker Thought About Complexity

July 12, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Hagel III for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to…

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The yoga of business

July 11, 2013

Here is an article written by Michael Hess for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the website’s newsletters, please click here.…

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One Man’s Opinion: The Best Films About Leadership

July 11, 2013

I am frequently asked to recommend films, most recently those from which valuable lessons about leadership can be learned. Listed in chrono order with a few brief comments, here are ten selections: Twelve O’clock High (1949): A burned-out bomber group…

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Dustin Hoffman on His Tootsie “Epiphany”

July 11, 2013

The American Film Institute’s 1998 video clip of Dustin Hoffman speaking about his experience making Tootsie has gone viral. In just a few days, his heartfelt interview has touched millions of viewers around the world, sparking dialogue among individuals and…

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Your Assumptions About Cultural Adaptation Are Probably Wrong

July 10, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Andy Molinsky for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR…

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