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The End of Annual Performance Reviews: Are the Alternatives Any Better?
When it comes to workplace events that produce resentment and anxiety, few score higher than the big annual performance review. Calls to...
Sep 20, 2016


The Multiple Boss Dilemma: Is It Possible to Please More Than One?
Nearly everyone finds it tough keeping the boss happy sometimes. But what if you had a steady stream of conflicting requests and...
Sep 3, 2016


‘The Founder’s Mentality’: Leveraging Startup Thinking for Long-term Growth
When a company is struggling, one of the first reactions is to look at market forces to see whether they are a factor. When they are not,...
Jul 21, 2016


Bringing Out the Best in Teams: Lessons from Special Ops
Coleman Ruiz is the chief operating officer and partner with Severn Capital Partners in Maryland. He’s also a former Navy SEAL who served...
Jul 9, 2016


Daniel Kahneman’s Strategy for How Your Firm Can Think Smarter
Nobel economics laureate and psychologist Daniel Kahneman — considered the father of behavioral economics – retired from his teaching...
Jun 9, 2016


The Downside of Making a Backup Plan – and What to Do About It
Always take backup. We hear it all the time on cop shows; in everyday life, it translates to something like, “It pays to have a Plan B”...
Jun 3, 2016


‘Smarter, Faster, Better’: The New Science of Productivity
Why are some people so much more productive than others? How can we increase our own productivity? A new book by New York Times reporter...
Jun 3, 2016


Are Family Businesses the Best Model for Emerging Markets?
What do these mega-corporations have in common: Walmart, BMW, Tyson, Samsung, Kohler, Christian Dior, Mars, Ford, Berkshire Hathaway,...
Jun 1, 2016


Effective Teams and Managers: What Google Has Learned
As the director of People Analytics at Google for the last decade, Brian Welle’s world revolves around data. He has found that those...
May 24, 2016


An Imperfect Test: The Problem with Job Performance Appraisals
Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli has spent decades studying the complicated dynamics of employment. In a post-recession world,...
May 24, 2016
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