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Build a Network That Challenges Your Point of View

November 30, 2018

* * * Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. When your network is mostly people whose backgrounds and skill…

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Learning to Learn

November 28, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Erika Andersen 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, please click…

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Angela Duckworth on Grit

November 21, 2018

In her bestseller, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (2016), Angela Duckworth shares results of her research that suggests that with all due respect to talent, grit is a better predictor of success. She studied West Point cadets, National…

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Fred Halstead on Barriers to Effective Delegation

November 19, 2018

In Leadership Skills That Inspire Incredible Results, Fred Halstead shares his thoughts about one of a supervisor’s most important functions: delegation. Its benefits include the development of a direct report’s skills as a leader and manager; keeping what Bill Oncken characterizes…

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10 Warren Buffett Quotes to Get Through Tough Times

November 15, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from “The Conservative Income Investor” at the Seeking Alpha website. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * 1. “The chains of habit are too light to be felt until…

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The economic essentials of digital strategy: How to make sense of digital disruption

November 9, 2018

  Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Angus Dawson, Martin Hirt, and Jay Scanlan for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain…

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Top 10 Inventions That Changed the World

November 8, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article by Natalie Wolchover for Live Science. To read the complete article and check out other resources, please click here. * * * Humans are an ingenious species. Though we’ve been on the planet…

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Invest, Create, Perform: Mastering the three dimensions of growth in the digital age

November 7, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by  Kabir Ahuja, Jesko Perrey, and Liz Hilton Segel for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain…

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How to Be More Mindful at Work

November 6, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article by David Gelles for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Our jobs pay the bills, occupy many…

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Analytics translator: The new must-have role

October 25, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Nicolaus Henke, Jordan Levine, and Paul McInerney for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription information,…

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