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HBR Guide to Performance Management HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (July 2017) Here is a brilliant introduction to the essential elements of performance management As you probably know already, most of the volumes in the “HBR Guide to” series…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Christine Heitz, Martha Laboissiere, Saurabh Sanghvi, and Jimmy Sarakatsannis for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm,…
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The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was an American New Deal agency, employing millions of job-seekers to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. It was established on May 6, 1935, by Executive Order…
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I am reminded almost every day of the Dawkins observation as I observe the courage of first responders throughout the world who struggle to help those stricken by the coronavirus. Many of these heroines and heroes also become victims and…
Read MoreHere 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 you’re working from home, it can be…
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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica have written a series of mini-biographies. Here is an excerpt from the Editors’ profile of Ernest Shackleton. To learn more about him and others, please click here. * * * Ernest Shackleton, in full Sir…
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What follows was called to my attention by our daughter, an exceptionally thoughtful and sensitive person who shares our concerns about current tensions and disruptions as well as the anxieties they cause. Best wishes for less stressful times and meanwhile…
Read MoreIn How Innovation Works, Matt Ridley observes: ‘”Big companies are bad at innovation, because they are too bureaucratic, have too big a vested interest in the status quo, and stop paying attention to the interests, actual and potential, of their…
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Corporate Purpose: Shifting from why to how
Here is an excerpt from an article written as a collaborative effort 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 alerts,…
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