Setting Your Goals Without Jargon
Avoiding business jargon helps to set goals that can be achieved and measured.
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How to Remember a Name
Remembering names is critical for forging business connections. These five steps can help.
How to Concentrate Under Pressure
Finding and using a method that helps you relax will allow your mind to stay focused.
Emotional Intelligence in Tough Conversations
Recognize, unerstand, and manage emotions when you're having difficult talks, and you'll see positive outcomes.
Improve Your Relationship with Your Boss By Aligning Goals
When you collaborate with your boss, you set up a new dynamic that benefits both of you.
Making Failure More Productive
Anjali Sastry and Kara Penn, authors of "Fail Better," offer a three-step approach for harnessing failure.
How Digital Connectivity Blurs Industry Lines
Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani, authors of the article, "Digital Ubiquity," describe how new and established companies are reaching across sectors to capture value.
What Makes a Company a Digital Master?
George Westerman, Research Scientist in the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, explains how large companies in traditional industries are using digital to gain strategic advantage.
How to Integrate Work and Life
Stewart D. Friedman, author of Leading the Life You Want, offers recommendations for improving your well-being and performance in all four domains of life: work, home, community, and private self.
The Explainer: The Balanced Scorecard
Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton’s concept of the balanced scorecard revolutionized conventional thinking about performance metrics. Here it is explained -- in under two minutes.
Why Kindness Is Good Business
A genuine and human approach to transactions is rare, but it can transform a business.
Rebuilding Trust in the Employer-Employee Relationship
Ben Casnocha, coauthor of The Alliance, on why employees should speak honestly about their career goals with their managers.
The Sweet Spot Between Privacy and Transparency
Ethan Bernstein, assistant professor at Harvard Business School, on how to boost productivity within an open work environment.
A Simple Framework for Business Model Innovation
Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine, authors of "The Risk-Driven Business Model," argue that business model innovation requires changing the what, when, who, and why of key decisions.
Managing the Uncertainty of Innovation
Nathan Furr, professor of entrepreneurship at BYU's Marriott School of Management, explains why innovation requires a new set of management practices.
The Value of an Honest Performance Review
A frank performance review can catalyze positive changes.
The Explainer: Big Data and Analytics
Big data and smart analytics are more than buzzwords. They’re an important way to improve decision making to ensure that your company is a step ahead of competitors.
Set the Tone for Trust
The sound of your voice conveys many cues to your listener, including your attitude and level of empathy and engagement.
How to Give Meaningful Feedback
How do you reward your best performers? Rather than linking rewards to things they have no control over, choose measures that are persistent—showing they are achieving good results time after time—and predictive—the results they are achieving are helping the company achieve its goals.
The Explainer: Marketing Myopia
Theodore Levitt's classic theory -- in under two minutes.
Write a "Big Opportunity" Statement to Align Your Strategy
Darryl McCall, executive vice president of Global Supply Chain at Coty Inc., shares how his team implemented the first of John P. Kotter's eight Accelerators.
Motivate Employees with Recognition
Clive Schlee, CEO of Pret a Manger, keeps team members engaged by publicly thanking them at an annual dinner.
Five Ways to Improve Your Writing
It takes only a few words to make a strong impression. Here’s how to ensure it’s a good one.
Why Brands Need a Clear Promise
To build a strong brand, make sure it has a clear promise, a story, and relevance to customers. And develop brand messaging that speaks to customers’ needs as well as the product’s technical and complex aspects.
The Explainer: Porter's Five Forces
The competitive forces that shape strategy -- in under two minutes.
Find Your Purpose and Put It to Work
Leaders need both purpose and a plan in this chaotic world. Mine your stories to understand what makes your leadership identity unique.
Turn Your Idea into Reality
Scott Anthony, managing partner at Innosight, offers advice for navigating the crucial early stage of innovation.
Take Control of Your Nonverbal Communication
How to master your unconscious behavior to command influence. Communicating nonverbally is one crucial skill you need as a leader.
Protect Your Company from Activist Investors
Bill George describes what boards and CEOs need to do before a hedge fund buys into their company and demands changes.
Set Your Sustainability Goals to Match the Problem
To set environmental responsibility goals, great companies don’t just review last year’s achievements and set similar targets for next year. They set far bolder goals that reflect scientific thinking on how to combat climate change.