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Before You Make a Tough Decision, Imagine How You’ll Have to Sell It

Harvard Business

Then, in 2005, a dissident journalist named Shi Tao used his Yahoo email account to send a document to Western reporters that described Chinese government restrictions on media coverage of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests. The office manager provided Shi Tao’s name. How Leaders Can Let Go Without Losing Control.

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Do Doctors Get Worse as They Get Older?

Harvard Business

On the other hand, scientific knowledge, technology, and clinical guidelines change so regularly that keeping up with them and incorporating them into clinical practice can be overwhelming. And if they later take on management roles or split their time between clinical work and research, they may see even fewer patients.