Commentaries

How Althea Gibson Faced Racial Barriers—Even as a Tennis Champio

March 9, 2023

Here is a “classic” article written by ASHLEY BROWN for the History channel website. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images * * * Between 1956 and…

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Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time

March 9, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article written byTony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy 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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Improving the Practice of Management — Then and Now

March 7, 2023

Here is Laura Amico and Amy Bernstein‘s Introduction to HBR at 100: The Most Influential and Innovative Articles from Harvard Business Review’s First Century, a truly extraordinary volume that I urge you to add to your personal business library. *…

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Make Gender Equality a Value, Not a Priority

March 7, 2023

Here is an excerpt from a brief article by Katie Mehnert for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To check out other articles and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Organizations within any industry can take constructive steps…

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COMPLETE: The Baseball Writer: A son goes back to spring training to find his father

March 6, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from a “classic” article by Bill Bryson for The New Yorker (2001). To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Richard Merkin * * * Salty…

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A Publishing Superstar Whose Memoir Shuns Glitz to Explore Private Torment

March 3, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Sadie Stein for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo Credit…Victor Moriyama for The New York Times *…

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Manage AI Bias Instead of Trying to Eliminate It

March 1, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Sian Townson for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * To remediate the bias built into…

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How Organizations Can Balance Authenticity With Propriety

February 27, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Denise Hamilton  for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Boundaries and accountability are key to…

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Reimagining HR for Better Well-Being and Performance

February 26, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Gabriella Rosen Kellerman and Martin Seligman for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illusztration Credit: Rafael Lopez/theispot.com *…

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What you may not already know about baseball

February 25, 2023

Since childhood until about ten years ago, I have been an enthusiast (if not a fanatic) about baseball. Played it in high school and college, then coached it at two boarding schools in New England at which I taught English…

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