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How high-performance organizations differ from all others

July 3, 2016

In Great Teams: 16 Things High Performing Organizations Do Differently, Don Yaeger explains what differentiates high-performance organizations from all others. For example, in Chapter 3, he focuses on how they establish a workplace culture that shapes their recruiting and hiring.…

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Right Moves: A book review by Bob Morris

July 3, 2016

Right Moves: The Conservative Think Tank in American Political Culture since 1945 Jason Stahl University of North Carolina Press (2016) A brilliant analysis of the impact of the current “marketplace of policy values and ideas,” for better or worse I…

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Bringing Minds Together

July 2, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Abele 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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How to Fight Through Intellectual Discomfort

July 2, 2016

4 Ways to beat that “Damn, this is going to be hard” feeling. Here is an excerpt from an article by Carson Tate for 99U. To read, the complete article, check out a wealth of other resources, obtain subscription information,…

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The 50 Best Online Colleges for 2016

July 1, 2016

Many people are unable to take classes on the campus of a four-year college or university. Taking community college courses may also not be an option. MOOCs (massive open online courses) are worthy of careful consideration. Based on my research,…

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Silo Busting: How to Execute on the Promise of Customer Focus

July 1, 2016

Curious, I checked the etymology of “silo” and learned that is from the Greek word siros, a “pit for holding grain”; that is, a structure for storing bulk materials. It is a highly efficient, cost-effective storage container of incalculable value.…

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Want Collaboration? Accept — and Actively Manage — Conflict

June 30, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jeff Weiss and Jonathan Hughes 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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Beth Comstock (vice chairwoman of General Electric) in “The Corner Office”

June 30, 2016

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Beth Comstock, vice chairwoman of…

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The 3 Things That Keep Companies Growing

June 29, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Chris Zook and James Allen 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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How to Use Distraction to Your Advantage

June 29, 2016

Your scatterbrain is great when it is time to think of new ideas. But when it comes to executing those ideas? Not so much. Here is an excerpt from an article by Christian Jarrett for 99U. To read, the complete…

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