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Why Strategy Execution Unravels—and What to Do About It

October 3, 2015

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Donald Sull, Rebecca Homkes, and Charles Sull 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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Jeffrey Pfeffer on the Science of Leadership

October 2, 2015

I have just read and will soon review Jeffrey Pfeffer‘s latest book, Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time, was published by HarperBusines (September 2015) and will then interview him again. He is among the most…

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McKinsey Quarterly: The Ten Most Popular Articles (Third Quarter 2015)

October 2, 2015

These are the ten articles that have been most popular with readers of 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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Piecing Together the Tesla Strategy Puzzle

October 2, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Brian L. Halla 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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Feeling Smart: A book review by Bob Morris

October 1, 2015

Feeling Smart: Why Our Emotions Are More Rational Than We Think Eyal Winter PublicAffairs (2015) How and why “it is the feeling and thinking person who has the advantage, not the person who relies on thought alone” This book’s subtitle…

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The Role of Luck in Our Lives

October 1, 2015

Here is an excerpt from a blog post by Valeria Maltoni (“Conversation Agent”) during which she shares her thoughts and feelings about a frequently discussed, often misunderstood subject. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for…

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Jeffrey Pfeffer on BS Leadership: An interview by Tom Rath

September 30, 2015

Thanks to Amazon, here is Tom Rath’s interview of Jeffrey Pfeffer whose latest book, Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time, was published by HarperBusiness (September 2015). Tom Rath: How would you characterize the current relationship…

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Know How to Tell a Good Failure from a Bad One

September 30, 2015

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. * * * Not all failures are bad – some of them are…

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The Re-Education of Jim Collins

September 29, 2015

The author or co-author of Good to Great, Built to Last, How the Mighty Fall, and Great by Choice went to West Point to teach leadership. Instead, he was the one who got schooled. Here is a brief excerpt from…

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What You Really Need to Lead: A book review by Bob Morris

September 29, 2015

What You Really Need to Lead: The Power of Thinking and Acting Like an Owner Robert Steven Kaplan Harvard Business Review Press 2015) To paraphrase Henry Ford, “Whether you think you can be an effective leader or think you can’t,…

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