Harvard Business Review

Investing In Leadership To Advance Capitalism And The World

BY Alice KorngoldTue Oct 18, 2011

The greatest impact companies can have in advancing regional and global education, healthcare, the environment, and economic development to strengthen their own business prospects is by training and placing executives on NGO/nonprofit boards through a thoughtful, purposeful process. READ»

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Whatever You Feel Compelled To Do, Don't

BY Tony SchwartzThu May 19, 2011

Remember the last time you pushed the "send" button for an email and then instantly regretted it? Or snapped at someone in a moment of frustration?READ»

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A Wake Up Call

BY Tony SchwartzTue May 3, 2011

Which would you rather have: air traffic controllers who are permitted to take naps during their late night shifts, or air traffic controllers who stay awake but operate in a constant state of fatigue?READ»

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Visualize Failure

BY Peter BregmanThu Mar 24, 2011

Adrenaline coursed throughout my body as I slowly inched my way toward the rapid. I positioned myself carefully as I entered the whitewater.READ»

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We're in a New Energy Crisis. This One is Personal.

BY Tony SchwartzWed Mar 23, 2011

Throughout our lives, we've taken our capacity -- the fuel in our tanks -- for granted. It's no big deal to spend down our resources, or the planet's, so long as we're assuming there will always be more available. READ»

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Blockbuster's Largest Shareholder Calls Blockbuster Worst Investment Ever Made

BY Austin CarrTue Mar 22, 2011

Finally! Admission of wrongdoing! After years as Blockbuster's largest shareholder, Carl Icahn, who at one point amassed some 17 million shares of the now-bankrupt company, has called Blockbuster "the worst investment I ever made." READ»

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Don't Be Nice; Be Helpful

BY Peter BregmanThu Mar 17, 2011

If we don't provide each other with feedback, we won't become aware of our blind spots.READ»

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Take Back Control of Your Work (and Your Life)

BY Tony SchwartzThu Mar 17, 2011

We've truly entered a world of nonstop input and output. So what exactly would it take to seize back control of our lives? We need a series of deliberate practices to counter the powerful forces so accelerating our lives. READ»

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Can Gen X Grow Up With the Web?

BY Joshua MachtFri Aug 6, 2010

Think Different. Those two little words kicked off Apple's 1997 ad campaign, which featured historical figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lennon in black and white footage and still photos. Think Different was brilliant marketing because it acted like a siren call for anyone who sensed that a growing world of possibilities was beginning to take shape on the Web.READ»

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Does Marketing Your Business on Facebook Increase your Slice of the Cake?

BY Addy DugdaleWed Mar 3, 2010

So, you've got your own business and you wonder whether promoting it on social media is worth its while, or just a waste of time. Utpal M. Dholakia, associate professor of marketing at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of ...READ»

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Two Questions to Make Your Product Irresistible

BY Kaihan KrippendorffWed Feb 24, 2010

I could not sleep the night before my birthday. My mind was buzzing, not with dreams of birthday cake but with thoughts of what I had experienced earlier in the day. I was flying home overnight from Ecuador where I had just ...READ»

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Perception + Identity = Reality

BY Kaihan KrippendorffThu Jun 25, 2009

Doing good is good for business.READ»

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On Magical Teams: For Businesses and Nonprofit Boards

BY Alice KorngoldMon May 11, 2009

J. Richard Hackman says there is “no question that a team can generate magic. But don’t count on it.” He lays out a plan for leaders of companies and other organizations to build effective teams in his book Leading Teams, ...READ»