Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2023

Extreme weather events, infrastructure and technology failures, and transportation accidents are on the rise globally. These physical threats often have cascading effects that reach all areas of a business. Organizational resilience, or the ability to anticipate, absorb, and recover from hazardous events, is now table stakes. When the C-suite prioritizes resilience, they set the business up for recovery in the face of these physical threats, saving time, resources, and revenue and making the org

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Chad Barr

AUGUST 23, 2023

Last weekend, Laurel and I decided to treat ourselves to a new restaurant, highly recommended by our foodie friend. Expectations were high, and our appetites even higher. Once seated, our waitress, all smiles and pleasantries, took our orders, beginning with an exotic appetizer and a cocktail that seemed to have my name written on it. We launched into a conversation about the week gone by, fully expecting the drinks and starters to join the party soon.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2023

Living with a chronic illness (e.g., diabetes, cancer, depression etc.) is a growing reality many leaders face. But disclosing your illness when you’re in a position of leadership can feel fraught. In this article, the authors outline the findings of their research on chronic illness disclosure and offer a series of questions to ask yourself if you’re discerning whether to disclose or not.

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Alan Weiss

AUGUST 23, 2023

Early in our marriage my wife and a friend ran a little business creating custom workout and running clothes. They would personalize the clothing with sayings, stitching, baubles, and so forth. They even did sneakers. I didn’t pay much attention. One day I found her working on a small, transparent cube that she was decorating. It looked quite nice and I asked the purpose of it. “It’s a small piece of art for a vanity or desk,” she told me.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2023

How one 200-year-old regional bank in the U.S. used intrapreneurship to compete with online lenders.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2023

Empathy can help you build common ground and tackle generational tensions on your team.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 23, 2023

Your team has one of those long roadmaps or a long backlog. They're working, delivering about two items (full stories) a week. Then, your manager asks you this question: “That feature set in six months: when will you start it and when will you finish it?” “We could start it now,” you say, “assuming we can stop these feature sets.” “No,” the manager says. “Finish what you're doing now.

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