Dates covered: April 8-14, 2019 (week 15 of 52) Business The “Two Weeks’ Notice” Approach to Changing Jobs Is Bad for Companies and Employees (via Harvard Business Review) In some industries and age groups, job hopping is the norm; this…
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Professional Development – 2019 – Week 14
Dates covered: April 1-7, 2019 (week 14 of 52) Business The Innovation Equation (via Harvard Business Review) There are four parameters: equity fraction (what you get from outcomes instead of rank — hard equity = financial stakes, soft equity =…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 13
Dates covered: March 25-31, 2019 (week 13 of 52) Business Salespeople, Stop Worrying About Being Liked (via Harvard Business Review) Everyone wants to be liked; however, a recent study showed that for salespeople, the ones who focused on being liked…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 12
Dates covered: March 18-24, 2019 (week 12 of 52) Business Sales Teams Aren’t Great at Forecasting. Here’s How to Fix That. (via Harvard Business Review) The most harmful behaviors are (1) withholding bad news, (2) maintaining two sets of books,…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 11
Dates covered: March 11-17, 2019 (week 11 of 52) Communication An Exercise to Help Your Team Feel More Comfortable with Conflict (via Harvard Business Review) We’re biologically wired to get along with our in-group, we’re socialized to be polite, and…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 10
Dates covered: March 4-10, 2019 (week 10 of 52) Career The Best Ways to Use Social Media to Expand Your Network (via Harvard Business Review) Reach out to people who are less senior (i.e., C-suite); you’re more likely to get…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 9
Dates covered: February 25-March 3, 2019 (week 9 of 52) Business It’s Time to Ban Hidden Fees (via Harvard Business Review) When you book a flight, hotel, or concert ticket, there are always extra fees. This bait-and-surcharge “is a blatantly…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 8
Dates covered: February 18-24, 2019 (week 8 of 52) Business Why Great Innovation Needs Great Marketing (via Harvard Business Review) Identify unmet and even unknown customer needs (before the smartphone, people didn’t consider having the Internet in their pockets) Understand…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 7
Dates covered: February 11-17, 2019 (week 7 of 52) Business Yes, Sustainability Can Be a Strategy (via Harvard Business Review) Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings indicate that some of the techniques that typically pertain to sustainability (e.g., water conservation,…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 6
Dates covered: February 4-10, 2019 (week 6 of 52) Business What Does Your Corporate Brand Stand For? (via Harvard Business Review) This article has some exercises to help guide executive teams through a set of questions to examine their company’s…