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HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict Amy Gallo Harvard Business Review Press (April 2017) Cutting-edge thinking about the common sources of conflict, how people approach it differently, and how to resolve it Most of the volumes in the “HBR Guide…
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Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity Kim Scott St. Martin’s Press (March 2017) How strategic candor can help to “defy the quintessential pull of organizational mediocrity” For the title of my review, I selected a phrase…
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In the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict, Amy Gallo and 37 “Guest Experts” explain how to ensure that disagreements do not become lose-lose arguments in the workplace…or anywhere else. Here is a plan to consider: “First, you need to…
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In The Power of Little Ideas, written with Kent Lineback, David Robertson introduces a low-risk, high-reward approach to innovation he characterizes as the “Third Way.” In essence, this approach is “neither incremental improvement in current products nor revolutionary [radical] disruption…
Read MoreIn the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict, Amy Gallo and 37 “Guest Experts” explain how to ensure that disagreements do not become lose-lose arguments in the workplace…or anywhere else. Here are a few of her observations and suggestions to…
Read MoreIn Radical Candor, Kim Scott explains how almost any organization — whatever its size and nature may be — can “defy the gravitational pull of organizational mediocrity.” The ultimate goal of what she characterizes as Radical Candor “is to achieve…
Read MoreEduardo Braun is a leadership expert, keynote speaker, and author. For more than 15 years he has traveled the globe and engaged in conversation with world-renowned management leaders, heads of state, and top academics and entrepreneurs, including personalities such as…
Read MoreThe Leading Brain: Powerful Science-Based Strategies for Achieving Peak Performance Friederike Fabricius and Hands Hagemann TarcherPerigee/Penguin Random House (February 2017). Here are several science-based strategies that can drive peak performance Although by no means an authority in the multiple dimensions…
Read MoreIn Radical Candor, Kim Scott explains how almost any organization — whatever its size and nature may be — can “defy the gravitational pull of organizational mediocrity.” The ultimate goal of what she characterizes as Radical Candor “is to achieve…
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Technology, Jobs, and the Future of Work: A Special Report
It is my great privilege as well as pleasure to serve as a member of McKinsey & Company’s executive advisory panel. Of special interest to me is the subject of a recent briefing prepared by the McKinsey Global Institute for…
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