Commentaries

What you may not already know about the first Labor Day

September 2, 2024

Before I began some research on the subject years ago, I did not know that, until Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894, laborers who chose to participate in parades to celebrate anything had to forfeit a day’s wages.…

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Hybrid Work: How Leaders Build In-Person Moments That Matter

August 30, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Brian Elliott  for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others,  sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit:  Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT…

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Collaboration and Teams: Tom Brady on the Art of Leading Teammates

August 28, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written byTom Brady and Nitin Nohria for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Mario…

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Don’t Sacrifice Employee Upskilling for Productivity

August 27, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Stacia Garr and Priyanka Mehrotra for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others,  sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here.…

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Sparking creativity in teams: An executive’s guide

August 26, 2024

Here is an article co-authored by Marla M. Capozzi, Renée Dye, and Amy Howe and featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly (April 20110),  the business journal of McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and register for…

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Research: Women Are Better Leaders During a Crisis

August 26, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman 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…

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Risk: Seeing around the corners

August 24, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article rated by readers as one of the most popular ever in The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company and co-authored by Eric Lamarre and Martin Pergler. To read the complete article, check out…

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Robin Williams Works Out

August 22, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by  Lillian Ross for The New Yorker (April 7, 1986). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here. Illustration…

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How companies are using big data and analytics

August 21, 2024

Here is a brief excerpt from a classic article written by Vince Campisi, Ash Gupta, Zoher Karu, Victor Nilson, and Ruben Sigala McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more…

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How Richard Pryor Became America’s Comic Prophet of Race

August 21, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Hilton Als for The New Yorker (September 13, 1999). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here. Illustration…

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