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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...
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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,...
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Jeffrey Hayzlett, Fortune, August 18, 2016 Thought leadership has been one of the top buzzwords in business for nearly a decade. Yet many seem to write it off as just that — a buzzword, nothing more. When executed properly, thought leadership can help you...
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Laura Vanderkam, Fast Company, August 11, 2016 Listening to some people is a treat. Even if they’re just introducing other speakers, reading passages at a wedding, or addressing a meeting, you want them to keep talking. Such vocal competence can seem like a...
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Bill Carmody, Inc., August 7, 2016 Every moment you come into contact with anyone, you are influencing them. How you act, what you say, how you say it and all the non-verbal cues your body throws off determine what impressions you leave on the person you’re...
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Adam Grant and Rik Kirkland, McKinsey & Co., August 2016 Author and professor Adam Grant shares six tips on generating great ideas, including reframing your creative process, not worrying about being too old, and learning how to procrastinate artfully....