Commentaries

How to Become an Expert at (Almost) Anything

March 22, 2022

Here is an excerpt from a “classic” article co-authored by K. Anders Ericsson, Michael J. Prietula, and Edward T. Cokely, “The Making of an Expert,” that appeared in the Harvard Business Review (July/August 2007). You can purchase a copy of the complete nine-page article and/or subscribe…

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Why Every Leader Needs to Worry About Toxic Culture

March 22, 2022

  Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Donald Sull, Charles Sull, William Cipolli, and Caio Brighenti for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep discount subscriptions (print and/or…

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When Women Leaders Leave, the Losses Multiply

March 20, 2022

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jacqueline Carter, Rasmus Hougaard, and Marissa Afton 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…

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More Training Won’t Solve Your Company’s Problems

March 19, 2022

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sue Bingham 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 alerts,…

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Effective Employee Development Starts Where? With Managers Who Know What Is Needed

March 18, 2022

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Anand Chopra-McGowan 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 alerts,…

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How to Steer Clear of Groupthink

March 16, 2022

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jennifer Mueller, Sarah Harvey, and Alec Levenson 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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How many of these facts about the animal world do you already know?

March 14, 2022

Here are several in an article by Regina Bailey for the ThoughtCo website. Our world is full of animals that are wondrous and amazing! These fascinating creatures have certain adaptations that may seem strange to us, but are necessary for the animal…

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What is Game Theory and why is it significant?

March 13, 2022

According to the Stanford Philosophical Encyclopedia, “Game theory is the study of the ways in which interacting choices of economic agents produce outcomes with respect to the preferences (or utilities) of those agents, where the outcomes in question might have been intended by none of the agents. The meaning…

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Harnessing the Power of Age Diversity

March 12, 2022

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Megan W. Gerhardt, Josephine Nachemson-Ekwall, and Brandon Fogel for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information,…

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Which metrics REALLY drive total returns to shareholders?

March 11, 2022

Here is a brief article written by Vartika Gupta, Tim Koller, and Peter Stumpner for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for email…

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