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- Real World Ethics for Writing Your Resume
- The Find: Practical, expert guidance on how to stay on the right side of the ethical divide when polishing your resume. The Source: Harvard Business Online's Conversation Starter. The Takeaway: When you're applying for that dream "reach" job the temptation is always there to,...
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
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- Speaking of weather for spatial decision support: in the 21st century, weather has gone from a topic of polite conversation to a critical factor in making financially prudent business decisions. (Net Results).
- Who would have guessed that such a time-worn conversation-starter as the weather could become a celebrity by donning geospatial clothes? According to Miss Manners, "No general topic of conversation has as bad a reputation as the weather. Talking about the weather is considered by all to...
- Research articles 2003-03-01
- Amplifying Dissent in Your Organization
- The recent chaos in the markets has everyone asking the same question: How come no one saw this coming? People wonder how we ever got so far down the wrong track. Didn't any of the smart guys in these now flailing investment funds and banks see the underlying problems...
- Blog posts 2007-08-22
- UK Survey: Pregnancy Discrimination Is the Status Quo
- The Find: More than 75 percent of UK managers would not hire a woman if they suspect she will become pregnant within six months of taking the job. The Source: A recent survey by UK-based Employment Law Advisory Services ELAS mentioned in the Harvard Business Review Conversation...
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Harvard's Anita Elberse: Forget the "Long Tail"
- The Find: One Harvard Business School professor crunches the numbers and comes up with a startling conclusion for those in the media biz: forget the long tail, aim for the occasional and old fashioned blockbuster. The Source: An alaysis of sales patterns in the music and home-video...
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Be a Better Leader in 15 Minutes a Day
- The Find: Even the busiest manager can find the time to mentor employees with this executive coach's simple system. The Source: Executive coach and author Daisy Wademan Dowling writing on the Harvard Business Review Conversation Starter blog. The Takeaway: In a...
- Blog posts 2009-02-06
- Great Elevator Pitch! What Now?
- Over the past week, I've been posting about elevator pitches. Probably the most important part of the elevator pitch is the "call to action" at the end. In most of the elevator pitches that people have sent me, the call to action (if...
- Blog posts 2008-12-17
- Marketing to "Simplifiers"
- The Find: Marketing expert John Quelch warns that economic turmoil is likely to produce a new type of consumer to contend with: the middle-aged Simplifier. The Source: A post on the Harvard Business Conversation Starter. The Takeaway: Quelch, a taxonomist of shoppers and a...
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- Why Your Elevator Pitch Stinks
- Almost every sales organization trains its sales folk to use some kind of "elevator pitch" which is supposed to "hook" a prospect in a few seconds. However, most elevator pitches don't work because: They're way too long, so the prospect loses interest. ...
- Blog posts 2008-12-10
- How to Improve an Elevator Pitch
- This morning in the post "World's Worst Elevator Pitches" I tore apart a couple of very similar elevator pitches. It wouldn't be fair to do that without offering a rewrite, so here goes. Since the two pitches are both for training/consulting firms, we...
- Blog posts 2008-12-12
- Tips to Rescue Your Stranded Ideas
- Got a great, innovative idea but having trouble finding anyone who will listen? It's a common problem for junior members of the team who may struggle to get experienced colleagues to pay attention to their pet projects, but it's not an issue that's exclusive to young workers. Alexandra Samuel, writing...
- Blog posts 2009-09-01
- The "No Asshole Rule" from Stanford
- There's a ton of literature out there on the topic of business leadership, but Robert Sutton is in a field of his own. The Professor at Stanford University's Management Science and Engineering department has written a volume of influential work on topics ranging from data-driven decisioning to his latest...
- Blog posts 2007-06-01
- Call for Peace in the War of the Generations
- The war of words between Gen Y (born between '78 - '90) and their managers from older generations has been going on in the business news media for months. Yesterday, Harvard Business Online's Conversation Starter blog posted some soul-searching comments from all generations and noted that, with interns and recent...
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- Market Volatility: How to Avoid an Ulcer
- For those watching the financial markets, the last few days could leave your stomach feeling like you just got off a roller coaster. The Dow was down 226 points on Tuesday, the largest one-day decline since March, and news from the housing market today promises more volatility to come. Countrywide...
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- How to Redefine Your Company's Core Strategy
- As we wrote on the BNET Intercom last week, sometimes it's important to stay true to your company's strategic core. But sometimes, with technology and globalization changing the business environment at whiplash inducing speeds, fundamental redefinition is a necessity rather than a distraction. In a post on the Harvard Business...
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- Are Your Customers Consumers or Citizens?
- Last week Consumerist.com conducted a poll of its readers asking whether they thought of themselves first and foremost as consumers or citizens. It wasn't exactly scientific, but nearly 70% of people responded that they thought of themselves as citizens first. Our somewhat schizophrenic nature as American citizen/...
- Blog posts 2007-09-14
- Work-Life Balance Key for Both Sexes, But Women Weigh It Differently
- There's no shortage of surveys showing that work-life balance is key to office morale. A survey conducted by Monster last month found that "only 29 percent of workers view their employer's work/life balance initiatives as good or excellent." It's a pretty low percentage and troubling as a survey out last...
- Blog posts 2007-12-10
- Recession Fears? Don't Push the Panic Button
- Back in October BNET's The View from Harvard Business was reminding companies that "if you aren’t already doing some scenario planning about what a slowing or uncertain economy means to your bottom line, you are behind the game." Unfortunately, the economic outlook hasn't grown any rosier since then, and most...
- Blog posts 2008-01-18
- Great Moments in Terrible Ideas: A Social Network for Your Company
- Great Moments in Terrible Ideas: A Social Network for Your Companynot the expert...Making broad statements and generalizations is a great conversation starter, but don't couch them as coming from an expert. Social Networks on the web are only beginning to reach their potential, and corporate knowledge management has been an...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- Teach Your Employees to Think Like Online Gamers
- The Find: Online gamers share in common five beneficial traits that are as useful in business as they are in gaming. The Source: The Harvard Business Review's Conversation Starter The Take-away: Managers should encourage their employees to adopt the mentality of online gamers, who...
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
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