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Jobs and US economic recovery: A panel discussion sponsored by the Committee for Economic Development (CED)

August 1, 2011

Once again, McKinsey & Company’s Quarterly has made available an exceptionally valuable program to the general public: Experts discuss McKinsey’s research on “jobless recoveries” and ways to solve the longer-term US employment crisis (August 2011). I urge you to click…

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Why the U.S. Must Invest in Its Most Effective Teachers

July 18, 2011

To their great credit, McKinsey & Company and The Atlantic magazine are co-sponsors of an especially important series of responses to this question: “What’s the single best idea to jumpstart job creation?” Here is Michelle A. Rhee‘s response. She is…

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How highest-performing labs use the best talent-management practices

May 31, 2011

Here is an excerpt from another outstanding article now available at the website of The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. It was co-authored by Wouter Aghina, Marc de Jong, and Daniel Simon. They include three exhibits: Exhibit 1:…

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Google’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, on business culture, technology, and social issues

May 2, 2011

Once again, McKinsey & Company offers (at no cost) an exceptionally valuable resource, in this instance Eric Schmidt‘s conversation with McKinsey director James Manyika about business culture, technology, and social issues. More specifically, Google’s executive chairman discusses his strategies on hiring,…

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Running Faster, Falling Behind: John Hagel III on How American Business Can Catch Up

April 25, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article about John  Hagel III featured by the Knowledge@Wharton website, sponsored by Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. To read the complete article, download/or listen to the audio, check out all the other free…

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How and why gray matter really does matter

April 15, 2011

Here’s an article featured by the Drucker Exchange (Dx), “an ongoing conversation about bettering society through effective management and responsible leadership.” The Dx is produced  by The Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University. To check out all the resources available…

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How women can contribute more to the economy

April 11, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article featured by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To check out a wealth of free resources, sign up for a few subscription to email alerts, and to obtain Quarterly subscription information,…

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Two thought-provoking perspectives on the “crisis of capitalism”

April 5, 2011

Here are brief excerpts from two articles featured by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. I suggest you read them in the order in which they appear here, then click where indicated to read each in its entirety.…

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Are you using your “people data” to create value?

March 26, 2011

Here is an article written by Nora Gardner, William Wolf, and Devin McGranahan for The McKinsey Quarterly website, published by McKinsey & Company. Although the thrust of the material is focused on larger organizations, there are some key points relevant…

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Five misconceptions about productivity

March 14, 2011

Here is an article co-authored by Vikram Malhotra and James Manyika for The McKinsey Quarterly website (March 2011), published by McKinsey & Company. To check out all the free resources and sign up for email alerts, please click here. *    …

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