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The Little Things That Affect Our Work Relationships

June 8, 2019

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Kerry Roberts Gibson and Beth Schinoff 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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Does Everyone in Your Meeting Know How Decisions Will Be Made?

June 7, 2019

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. *     *     * Team meetings can be useful for making important decisions,…

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When Life Gets Busy, Focus on a Few Key Habits

June 7, 2019

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jackie Coleman and John Coleman 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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The Coming G.O.P. Apocalypse

June 6, 2019

(Above) President Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania in May. Republicans have not found a meaningful way to address their party’s generation gap. Credit: Eric Thayer for The New York Times Over the years, I have relied on a few…

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Is It Possible to Ask Too Many People for Advice?

June 6, 2019

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 you need advice, how many people should you…

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Getting organizational redesign right

June 5, 2019

Here is a brief excerpt from another classic article written by Steven Aronowitz, Aaron De Smet, and Deirdre McGinty for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about…

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Reid Hoffman: “You Can’t Just Sit on the Sidelines”

June 5, 2019

Here is David Gelles’ profile of Reid Hoffman for The New York Times. To read the complete article and check out other resources, please click here. * * * Reid Hoffman’s fingerprints are all over Silicon Valley. A Bay Area…

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If Your Star Employee Decides to Leave, Support Them

June 5, 2019

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. *     *     * No manager wants to lose a valued employee, but…

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Automation in logistics: Big opportunity, bigger uncertainty

June 4, 2019

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Ashutosh Dekhne, Greg Hastings, John Murnane, and Florian Neuhaus for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about…

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Bulletproof Problem Solving: A book review by Bob Morris

June 4, 2019

Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything Charles Conn and Robert McLean John Wiley & Sons (March 2019) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.” Peter…

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