Commentaries

Why Procrastination Is Essential to Innovation

March 17, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Whitney Johnson for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please…

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Five Tips to Make Coaching More Effective

March 16, 2012

Yes, there are differences between coaching and mentoring. Supervisors should mentor — on an on-going basis —  those for whom they are directly responsible, those entrusted to their care. Anyone at any level and in any area of operations who…

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Talent, Passion, and the Creativity Maze

March 14, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Teresa Amabile and Steve Kramer for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email…

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Six Ways to Empower Employees to Take Initiative

March 14, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Joel Garfinkle for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click…

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Mastering the Art of Living Meaningfully Well

March 13, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Umair Haque for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click…

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Three Terrific Quotations

March 12, 2012

Over the years, I have accumulated hundreds of quotations that caught my eye and am always on the alert for others previously unknown to me. Although the three that follow may be well-known to others, I was thrilled to encounter…

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Rare Video: Clayton Christensen explains disruptive innovation

March 12, 2012

Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business School professor and the world’s most influential management guru according to the Thinkers50, lays out his landmark theory about disruptive innovation. To view it, please click here. Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of…

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Forrest Gump for President

March 11, 2012

In 1972 during the presidential primary campaigns, a reporter asked a little old lady in New Hampshire whom she was going to vote for. Her reply? “I never vote. It only encourages them!” However, after carefully considering the current candidates,…

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Joe’s Journal: Innovation vs. Revolution

March 10, 2012

Here is the latest post by Joseph A. Maciariello featured in the Joe’s Journal series at the Drucker Exchange (Dx) sponsored by the Drucker Institute. The Drucker Exchange (the Dx) is a platform for bettering society through effective management and responsible leadership. It is produced by the Drucker…

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Shakespeare on “The Seven Ages of Man”

March 10, 2012

Over the years, I have read countless books that — one way or another — discuss an organization’s “lifecycle.” One of the best is also one of the oldest: Ichak Adizes’s Corporate Lifecycles: How and Why Corporations Grow and Die…

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