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Still looking for room at the top: Ten years of research on women in the workplace

March 23, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Sandrine Devillard, Vivian Hunt, and Lareina Yee for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm,…

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The Mind of the Leader: A book review by Bob Morris

March 23, 2018

The Mind of the Leader: How to Lead Yourself, Your People, and Your Organization for Extraordinary Results Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter Harvard Business Review Press (March 2018) “We have no neurological alarm system for slow change.” So what? A…

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An agenda for the talent-first CEO

March 22, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Dominic Barton, Dennis Carey, and Ram Charan for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm,…

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When Empowering Employees Works, and When It Doesn’t

March 22, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Allan Lee, Sara Willis, and Amy Wei Tian for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription…

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Laurie Picard on getting the business education you need: An interview by Bob Morris

March 21, 2018

When some of the most prestigious business schools in the world began providing free versions of their courses online, Laurie Pickard saw an opportunity to get the business education she had long desired, at a fraction of the typical MBA…

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Mária Telkes: One of the World’s Greatest Female Inventors You Need to Know

March 21, 2018

I agree with Scott Berkun: “A disturbing element of history is its unfairness to women. The majority of our most famous inventors and discoverers are men in large part because women were denied the education and opportunity required to make…

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How We Work: A book review by Bob Morris

March 20, 2018

How We Work: Live Your Your Purpose, Reclaim Your Sanity, and Embrace the Daily Grind Leah Weiss Harper Wave/An imprint if HarperCollins (March 2018) “What many people don’t realize is that two goals — a paycheck and a sense of…

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Behavioral insights and innovative treatments in collections

March 20, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Tobias Baer 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, and register…

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Beating the Odds

March 19, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Laura Morgan Roberts, Anthony J. Mayo, Robin J. Ely, and David A. Thomas for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth…

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The One-Percent Edge: A book review by Bob Morris

March 19, 2018

The One-Percent Edge: Small Changes That Guarantee Relevance and Build Sustainable Success Susan Solovic with Ray Manley AMACOM (February 2018) How to “identify opportunities and strategies, prioritize them, plan for them, execute, measure, adjust or abandon, and repeat” The business…

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