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George Washington and the Art of Business | Useful Commute Podcast: George Washington was not only a brilliant military leader, but a successful businessman. Born in 1732, his leadership qualities are still applicable today. In this podcast, Mark McNeilly, an adjunct professor of marketing at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flager Business School, discusses his new book "George Washington and the...; Tags: Podcasts, BNET Staff, George Washington; Blog posts 2008-06-09
Employee Reviews: How to Keep Up a Top Talent Pool: The employee performance review is an anxious situation on both sides of the table. The Secrets of Performance Appraisal Source: The Conference Board How do America’s best organizations handle performance management? This industry-wide...; Tags: Talent, Performance, Performance Management, Team Management, Workforce Management, Human Resources, BNET Staff, Performance review, performance appraisal, management; Articles 2008-05-13
Reverse Engineering Google's Innovation Machine | HBR IdeaCast: "Fast is better than slow," Google proclaims in its corporate philosophy, and Babson professor Tom Davenport asserts that more companies can, and should, borrow from this and other elements of Google's innovative approach to business. In this podcast, Davenport describes how Google uses chaos to quickly move from prototype to...; Tags: Podcasts, BNET staff, Google Inc., Tom Davenport, HBR IdeaCast, reverse engineering; Blog posts 2008-04-18
Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life | HBR IdeaCast: When it comes to work life, Stewart Friedman says, "Balance is the wrong metaphor because it implies trade-offs." To bring more passion to their work, managers need to integrate work, home, community, and self. Friedman discusses how to truly integrate those elements through introspection, discussion, and experimentation. ...; Tags: leader, BNET staff, Stewart Friedman, HBR IdeaCast, Friedman; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Useful Commute: Remake Your Company Fast: In the business world, adapting to change is critical to survival. In this Useful Commute podcast, business executive and author of "Big Ideas to Big Results" Michael Kanazawa offers advice on how to transform your corporate strategy or business quickly and easily. Click Play to hear the...; Tags: Podcasts, Strategy, BNET staff, Useful Commute; Blog posts 2008-03-24

HBR IdeaCast: Keep Your Ideas to Yourself: Great ideas add value to discussion, but when they come from managers, Marshall Goldsmith says, they can add too much value -- stifling the creativity and enthusiasm of the very people you need to execute the idea. Before you pitch your ideas -- or your improvements on an employee's ideas...; Tags: Team management, BNET staff, Marshall Goldsmith, HBR IdeaCast, Marshall; Blog posts 2008-03-13
HBR IdeaCast: Learning Organizations: If your company's rate of learning isn't greater than the rate of change in your industry, you will fall behind. David Garvin and Amy Edmonson talk about how companies can create, acquire, interpret, and retain knowledge, then modify their behavior to respond to those knowledge insights. They also use examples...; Tags: Strategy, BNET staff, Learning Organization, HBR IdeaCast, knowledge; Blog posts 2008-03-10
10 Mistakes Managers Make During Job Interviews: Want to hire the wrong person for the job? It’s easy! Just repeat these common interview-technique errors. 1. You Talk Too Much When giving company background, watch out for the tendency to prattle on about your own job, personal feelings about the company, or...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, BNET Staff, job interview, job, workplace, technique, industry; Articles 2007-03-06
Useful Commute: Get Slightly Famous: Want to become a celebrity in your field? "Get Slightly Famous" author Steven Van Yoder offers some targeted PR strategies for attracting more business with less effort. by BNET staff; Tags: Public relations, BNET staff; Blog posts 2008-01-14
HBR IdeaCast: The Power of Unreasonable People: George Bernard Shaw once said, "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." John Elkington talks about how the most successful social entrepreneurs are unreasonable, but their emotional, highly ambitious...; Tags: Entrepreneurship, BNET staff, Unreasonable People, HBR IdeaCast; Blog posts 2008-02-21
HBR IdeaCast: Disruptive Innovation: Disruptive innovation changes the game, winning not by doing something better but by doing it differently. Take the Nintendo Wii. Scott Anthony explains how the Wii's innovative controller, designed to be easy for non-gamers to use, helped the company expand the market for video games. Anthony explains how you can...; Tags: Leadership, Strategy, Games, BNET staff, Scott Anthony, Disruptive Innovation, innovation, HBR IdeaCast; Blog posts 2008-02-15
HBR IdeaCast: Where Does Strategic Innovation Come From?: By the time you hear about a groundbreaking idea, your competition has heard about it too â€” and may even be using it. George Stalk describes how managers can collect faint ideas, watch trends before they hit, and gather the necessary information to decide which ideas will give your business...; Tags: Strategy, BNET staff, George Stalk, HBR IdeaCast; Blog posts 2008-02-13
Useful Commute: How Followers Are Changing Leaders: There are countless books on leadership, but what about followers? Harvard University's Barbara Kellerman, author of "Followership: How Followers Are Creating Change and Changing Leaders," takes a close look at the role of followers and how they are shifting the balance of power within large organizations. by BNET staff; Tags: Leadership, BNET staff, follower, Changing Leaders, Changing, leader; Blog posts 2008-01-22
Mastering the Art of Effective Decision Making: Two managers can be equally knowledgeable, yet one may be wildly successful while the other mediocre at best. What’s the difference? The ability to make wise decisions. Here you’ll find five articles on the strategies you need to master this essential management skill. Are You a Good...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, BNET Staff, decisions, decision-making, leadership, management, Top 5; Articles 2008-01-11
Useful Commute: Moral Lessons in Literature: What can Sir Thomas More and Sophocles teach tomorrow's business leaders? Harvard Business School's Sandra Sucher explains how she uses great literature to teach moral leadership. by BNET staff; Tags: Leadership, BNET staff; Blog posts 2008-01-07
HBR IdeaCast: Teams That Lead, Innovate, and Succeed: Harvard Business School Press editor Jeff Kehoe talks with Deborah Ancona, coauthor of the new book "X-Teams: How to Build Teams That Lead, Innovate, and Succeed." More HBR IdeaCasts. Subscribe to HBR IdeaCast now via iTunes by BNET staff; Tags: BNET staff, team, HBR IdeaCast; Blog posts 2008-01-16
Useful Commute: How to Cope with a Bad Boss: Is your manager making you unhappy in your job? Learn some strategies that will help you deal with a bad or ineffective boss. by BNET staff; Tags: BNET staff; Blog posts 2007-12-03
HBR IdeaCast: The Upside: Online Editorial Director Paul Michelman sits down with consultant and author Adrian Slywotzky, whose latest book is entitled "The Upside: The 7 Strategies for Turning Big Threats into Growth Breakthroughs." In the interview, Slywotzky explains how managing strategic threats as forms of risk can not only diminish their impact, but...; Tags: BNET staff, HBR IdeaCast; Blog posts 2007-12-19
Useful Commute: Awaken Your Inner Jack Welch: The most successful top-level executives were not necessarily the smartest kids in the class. In this podcast, we talk to leadership coach Stephen Baum about the five traits that enable ordinary people to become extraordinary leaders, such as former General Electric CEO Jack Welch. by BNET staff; Tags: Leadership, BNET staff, Jack Welch; Blog posts 2007-10-29
HBR IdeaCast: What Your Leader Expects of You: Online Editorial Director Paul Michelman talks with Larry Bossidy, former chairman and CEO of both AlliedSignal and Honeywell, and the author of an April 2007 HBR article entitled "What Your Leader Expects of You." In our interview, Bossidy will guide us through the key tenets of what he calls "the...; Tags: Leadership, BNET staff, HBR IdeaCast, leader; Blog posts 2007-12-12