Harvard Business
JULY 13, 2018
HBR STAFF/wragg/Getty Images. What’s the best way to boost creativity on your team? There’s really no simple answer. Even the research is split on the best approach to take. One view is that the key to creative breakthroughs is being able to combine or leverage different areas of expertise. After all, every innovation somehow recombines or reimagines things that already exist.
Women in Consulting
JULY 13, 2018
By: Henry Telfeian. :: Two months ago, the California Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the case Dynamex Operations West Inc. v. Superior Court that is likely to result in it being harder to qualify as an independent contractor, as well as more difficult to legally hire subcontractors to help you with your work. More than ever, it’s critical that self-employed consultants and their subcontractors take steps to maximum their chances to pass what is likely to become a stricter vendor c
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Harvard Business
JULY 13, 2018
Pat LaCroix/Getty Images. Brad was leading a difficult turnaround of his company and had decided to fire his head of sales, who was a nice guy but wasn’t performing. Three months later, he still hadn’t fired him. I asked him why. His answer? “I’m a wimp!” Brad (not his real name — I’ve changed some details to protect people’s privacy) is the CEO of a financial services firm and is most definitely not a wimp.
Johanna Rothman
JULY 13, 2018
I explained about objectives and the differences between MBOs and OKRs in Part 1. I’m tackling the issues of “accountability” in this part. Examine Accountability. What does accountability mean to you? I’m serious about that question. For many people—managers included—people are accountable when we can blame them for not doing something.
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Seth Godin Blog
JULY 13, 2018
Worth a try if you think it might help the way you talk to yourself (which is worse, certainly, than the way anyone else talks to you). Every time you’re sure you’ve blown it, completely blown it, that you’re certain you’re going to get disbarred, fired, demoted—becoming friendless, homeless and futureless—write it down in your Catastrophe Journal.
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Harvard Business
JULY 13, 2018
Visuals Unlimited Inc/Science VU/Getty Images. After a month with no new cases, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) appears to be under control and weeks away from officially ending. Less than three months since it was declared, and after only about 50 cases, this outbreak’s efficient containment is a remarkable achievement that stands in stark contrast to the West African epidemic that spiraled into a two-year global crisis with over 28,000 cases.
Harvard Business
JULY 13, 2018
With the announced nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, President Donald Trump has the privilege of nominating a second Supreme Court justice in his first term. But it’s an opportunity that could become rare moving forward given that justices, like the rest of the population, are living longer.
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