Harvard Business Review

How to promote a feeling of connectedness in a workplace?

February 9, 2011

As Edward M. Hallowell explains in his most recent book, Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People, published by Harvard Business Review Press (2011), “Many people need help in getting rid of the obstacles in their…

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Daniel Isenberg on “entrepreneurship”

February 2, 2011

I am grateful to Danny Stern and his associates for the material that follows. *     *     * “Entrepreneurship” is derived from the French word meaning “the act of undertaking an endeavor” and it represents many things to many people. But…

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Wet highways do not cause rain.

January 19, 2011

Many people confuse symptoms with causes when attempting to solve problems. In an article written for Harvard Business Review in 1963, Peter Drucker observed, “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be…

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Have you tested your strategy lately?

January 10, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Chris Bradley, Martin Hirt, and Sven Smit for the McKinsey Quarterly online (January 2011). To Read the complete article, please click here. Source: Strategy Practice Ten timeless tests can help you…

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Daniel Goleman on what makes a great leader

January 10, 2011

The most valuable business insights never become out-of-date. They retain their relevance from one generation to the next. For example, consider this brief excerpt from an article written by Daniel Goleman for Harvard Business Review (June 1996) in which he…

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The Big Idea: Creating Shared Value

January 7, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer for Harvard Business Review (January/February 2011). To read the complete article, please click here. *     *     * The capitalist system is under siege. In…

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strategy+business: 15 years, 50 classics

November 19, 2010

Here is a terrific opportunity to read brilliant business articles that, until now, were only available to those who subscribe to strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company.   Here are summaries of five of the 50 “classics” that are…

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