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A McKinsey Classic: The Granularity of Growth

June 5, 2024

Here is an exerpt from an article rated by readers as one of the most popular ever in The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company and co-authored by Mehrdad Baghai, Sven Smit, and S. Patrick Viguerie. They explain how…

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An inevitable collaboration

June 5, 2024

Like it or not, those now preparing for a career in business — or have only recently begun one — must develop the skills required by an inevitable collaboration with with one or more of these technologies: artificial intelligence (AI);…

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The High Cost of Neglecting Low-Wage Workers

June 5, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Joseph Fuller and Manjari Raman 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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Lincoln and the Art of Transformative Leadership

June 4, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Doris Kearns Goodwin 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…

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Making Work Matter : A Book Review by Bob Morris

June 4, 2024

Making Work Matter: How to Create Positive Change in Your Company and Meaning in Your Career Nancy McGraw Royal Oak Press (2024) How to become a high-impact social intrapreneur The results of all of the most recent major studies of…

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Beware a Culture of Busyness

June 3, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Adam Waytz 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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Alice Munro, a Literary Alchemist Who Made Great Fiction From Humble Lives

June 3, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Gregory Cowles for The New Times. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here. * * * AN APPRAISAL…

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Inside Reese Witherspoon’s Literary Empire

June 1, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by XXXX for The New Times. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Jingyu Lin for The New…

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How the Language of TV is Influencing How We See Ourselves

May 31, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Kim Hew-Low for The New Times. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here. Credit…Photo illustration by Chantal Jahchan …

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Boundaries, Priorities, and Finding Work-Life Balance: A Book Review by Bob Morris

May 30, 2024

Boundaries, Priorities, and Finding Work-Life Balance Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (May 2024) “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”  Albert Einstein This is one of the volumes in the HBR Work…

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