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For Business Leaders, Hacking Attacks Get Personal

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Rober McMillan and Rachel Feintzeig, The Wall Street Journal, October 3, 2016 Businesses have spent years fighting off internet intruders bent on stealing corporate secrets. Now, leaders of those businesses must also worry whether hackers will use personal...

How to Be More Assertive, According to Research

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Eric Barker, Time, September 20, 2016 “Assertiveness is about controlling your behavior, not someone else’s” Research shows being assertive is that perfect Goldilocks balance of “just right.” It helps you get the things you need...

What Not To Post on Social Media: 5 Questions You Need To Ask Yourself Before You Publish

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Olsy Sorokina, Hootsuite, January 14, 2015 In the early years of social networks, we could hardly imagine a time when people would be getting fired over their social media posts. Now, a search phrase “fired over a Tweet” returns over 30 million search...

Developing Employees’ Strengths Boosts Sales, Profit, and Engagement

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Brandon Rigoni, Ph.D. and Jim Asplund, Harvard Business Review, September 1, 2016 Should companies primarily focus on playing to the strengths of their employees or help them improve on their weaknesses? This question is particularly important today, given low...

What a Bad Decision Looks Like in the Brain

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Emily Singer, The Atlantic, August 29, 2016 Humans often make bad decisions. If you like Snickers more than Milky Way, it seems obvious which candy bar you’d pick, given a choice of the two. Traditional economic models follow this logical intuition,...