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1. STRATEGY

Six social-media skills every leader needs: Organizational social-media literacy is fast becoming a source of competitive advantage. Learn, through the lens of executives at General Electric, how you and your leaders can keep up.

2. ORGANIZATION

Making internal collaboration work: An interview with Don Tapscott: The author and strategist describes why effective knowledge management within enterprises requires replacing e-mail with social media.
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3. ORGANIZATION

Making time management the organization’s priority: To stop wasting a finite resource, companies should tackle time problems systematically rather than leave them to individuals. [includes interactive]

4. MARKETING

Demystifying social media: As the marketing power of social media grows, it no longer makes sense to treat it as an experiment. Here’s how senior leaders can harness social media to shape consumer decision making in predictable ways. [includes interactive]

5. ORGANIZATION

Increasing the ‘meaning quotient’ of work“: Through a few simple techniques, executives can boost workplace “MQ” and inspire employees to perform at their peak.

6. GOVERNANCE

Board governance depends on where you sit: Software is becoming critical for almost every company’s performance. Executives should ask what they can learn from business models employed by software providers themselves—and consider the implications for their IT function.

8. ECONOMIC STUDIES

What’s in store for China in 2013?: The year ahead could be a time of significant change for everything from banks, retailers, and infrastructure projects to pork prices, soccer, and “compulsory” vacation time. [includes audio]

9. ORGANIZATION

Leadership lessons from the Royal Navy: This branch of the British armed services consciously fosters cheerfulness and nourishes collective memory. Business executives should take note.

10. ECONOMIC STUDIES

Global cities of the future: An interactive map: Explore the cities and emerging urban clusters that will drive dramatic growth and demographic changes over the next generation.

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