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Collaborative Overload

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Collaboration is taking over the workplace. As business becomes increasingly global and cross-functional, silos are breaking down, connectivity is increasing, and teamwork is seen as a key to organizational success.…Read More

Graduating and Looking for Your Passion? Just Be Patient

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For all their grandeur and euphoria, graduation ceremonies can be harrowing. Until that momentous day, you’re a student whose job is to do what your teacher asks. Now you have to ask things of yourself — but what?…Read More

Unless You’re Oprah, ‘Be Yourself’ Is Terrible Advice

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It was going to be the biggest presentation of my life — my first appearance on the TED Conference main stage — and I had already thrown out seven drafts. Searching for a new direction, I asked colleagues and friends for suggestions. “The most important thing,” the first one said, “is to be yourself.” The next six people I asked gave me the same tip.…Read More

The One Question You Should Ask About Every New Job

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Two years ago, a student of mine named Nicole was torn on where to start her career. While applying for jobs in finance, technology, consulting and marketing, she suddenly realized that her biggest concern wasn’t what she did, but where she worked.…Read More

Don’t Grade Schools on Grit

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The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once observed, “Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.” Evidence has now accumulated in support of King’s proposition: Attributes like self-control predict children’s success in school and beyond. Over the past few years, I’ve seen a groundswell of popular interest in character development.…Read More

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh talks holacracy, opening up its dynamic org chart to public

Speaking at the Wharton People Analytics Conference, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh talked about his hierarchy free management approach and how org chart transparency could be instructional.…Read More