Must Reads
There is so much to read, so much to know, so many sources to follow. And the volume of news and information just keeps growing exponentially. How to keep up? Even more, how to rediscover the serendipity of learning something new and interesting for its own sake?
Here, for your enjoyment and interest, are the articles Temin and Company considers “must reads.” They are primarily on the topics of reputation and crisis management, the media, leadership and strategy, perception and psychology, self-presentation, science, girls and women, organizational behavior and other articles of interest.
They are listed below with the most recent articles first, and to the side, by category.
We hope you enjoy them and would appreciate your comments. And whenever you have any favorite articles for us to add, please let us know so that we might include them for other readers to enjoy.
There is so much to read, so much to know, so many sources to follow. And the volume of news and information just keeps growing exponentially. How to keep up? Even more, how to rediscover the serendipity of learning something new and interesting for its own sake?
Here, for your enjoyment and interest, are the articles Temin and Company considers “must reads.” They are primarily on the topics of reputation and crisis management, the media, leadership and strategy, perception and psychology, self-presentation, science, girls and women, organizational behavior and other articles of interest.
They are listed below with the most recent articles first, and to the side, by category.
We hope you enjoy them and would appreciate your comments. And whenever you have any favorite articles for us to add, please let us know so that we might include them for other readers to enjoy.
9 Habits That Lead to Terrible Decisions
Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman, HBR Blog Network, September 1, 2014
“What causes well-meaning people to make poor decisions?” In an effort to understand the root cause of poor decision making, this article’s authors looked at 360-feedback data from more than 50,000 leaders and compared the behavior of those who were perceived to be making poor decisions with that of the people perceived to be making very good decisions. Nine factors emerged as the most common paths to poor decision making. […read more]
Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Lose, and Sometimes It’s Meaningless
Andrew O’Connell, “The Daily Stat,” HBR Blog Network, August 13, 2014
Coaches frequently make strategic changes in response to irrelevant factors, especially after a loss, no matter how narrow or meaningless, says a group of researchers led by Lars Lefgren of Brigham Young University. This behavior is due to the outcome bias, which leads people to view random negative outcomes as the result of poor choices. […read more]
Fifty Years Later, Whose Country Is It?
Richard J. Tofel, Medium, September 12, 2014
This article’s author takes a look at Rick Perlstein’s series on the triumph of the right in modern American politics which suggests that the loser in 1964 was ultimately the winner — and that, as so many have said so often in the decades since Ronald Reagan came to and then left the presidency, we’re a center-right country. […read more]
Why You Shouldn’t Try to Win Over a Candidate During the Job Interview
Andrew O’Connell, “The Daily Stat,” HBR Blog Network, August 12, 2014
The more a job interviewer tries to “sell” a candidate on working at the company, the less able he or she is to judge the candidate’s worthiness. Firms would do better to separate the tasks of evaluating and winning over candidates and assign those roles to different people, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and London Business School say. […read more]
People Cheat More if a Task Is Harder than Expected
Andrew O’Connell, “The Daily Stat,” HBR Blog Network, September 10, 2014
In a trivia-test experiment, people were more likely to break the rules by peeking at the answers if they had been misled to believe that the test was easy, says a team led by Celia Moore of London Business School. […read more]
How to be the best CEO you can be from any starting point
Paul A. Riecks, Smart CEO, September 1, 2014
Great CEOs come from dramatically different backgrounds with amazingly different skills. Every CEO you meet comes from a different starting point, but it’s possible for all manners of men and women to become effective leaders. Over the years that this article’s author has been working with CEOs, the “real” ones found certain landmarks along the path, including clear strategies, a focus on people both internally and externally, and an adaptable attitude. […read more]
Apple can’t hide from a 20-year-old reporter
Michael Rosenwald, Columbia Journalism Review, August 19, 2014
The best-sourced reporter covering Apple Inc., one of the world’s most secretive companies, is a 20-year-old junior at the University of Michigan. His name is Mark Gurman. He makes more than six figures a year as senior editor and scoop master at 9to5Mac.com, a news outlet most people have never heard of. [… read more]
“Today’s Professional Woman Report”
On September 10th, Davia Temin joined panelists from Citi, LinkedIn and Davis Polk to respond to the results of the recent Citi/LinkedIn national survey which explored career and financial concerns for women in the workplace. The survey revealed a “career peak paradox,” which suggests that professionals believe success is a moving target. […read more]
Your Parents Were Right: Research Shows Importance of Saying Thank You
Gonzaga University, September 9, 2014
Saying thank you has been among the commonest of cultural civilities for centuries. Now new research, conducted by social psychologists Monica Bartlett at Gonzaga University and Lisa Williams at the University of New South Wales, Australia, offers the first evidence that expressions of gratitude go beyond mere etiquette and provide real social benefit. […read more]
With iPhone 6 and Smartwatch, Apple Is Back and Better Than Ever
Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times, September 9, 2014
Four times before in its history, at media events planned with military precision, Apple introduced a new invention that radically altered how the technology industry conceived of its future. The company hopes it did that again for a fifth time on Tuesday by unveiling the Apple Watch, a stylish smartwatch that is the company’s first advance into a new product category since it created the iPad in 2010. […read more]