Commentaries

The Media Dramas of Norman Lear

January 19, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from a “classic” article by Michael J. Arlen for The New Yorker, published in 1975. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about subscription rates, please click here. * * *…

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Embrace Mistakes to Build a Learning Culture

January 17, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Ben Laker  for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Mistakes and critical incidents inevitably happen:…

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Jack Welch’s Approach to Leadership

January 16, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Claudio Fernandez Araoz for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email…

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How Should We Think About Our Different Styles of Thinking?

January 13, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Joshua Rothman for The New Yorker. To read the complete article, check others, and obtain information about subscription rates, please click here. * * * Some people say their thought takes…

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High-Performing Teams Start with a Culture of Shared Values

January 12, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Greg Satell and  Cathy Windschitl for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR…

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Rethinking Assumptions About How Employees Work

January 10, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by George Westerman for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Many companies pivoted to deal with…

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Bad Apples or Bad Leaders?

January 9, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Charn P. McAllister, Jeremy D. Mackey, B. Parker Ellen III, and Katherine C. Alexander for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information,…

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The Immortal Myth of the Unicorn

January 8, 2023

Here s a brief excerpt from an article by Mallika Rao for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep-discount subscription rates, please click here. Credits: Jana Euler’s “Morecorn 9” (2021).…

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Jeff Bezos’s Peculiar Management Tool for Self-Discipline at Amazon Meetings

January 6, 2023

Here is an article originally published by the I Done This Blog in 2017. Two years later, fresh advice for managers was added. * * * The modern workplace’s vogue is informal information exchange. We sit in open floor plan offices so that…

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Turn Your Teams Inside Out

January 4, 2023

  Here is an excerpt from an article by Deborah Ancona and Henrik Bresman for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Pep Boatella * *…

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