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  3 Ways to Encourage Smarter Teamwork

  Harvard Business Review - Jim Whitehurst

  No one person has all the answers. September 07, 2015 Business problems today are too big for any one person to solve. Agile teams are much more effective at solving problems than are lone geniuses. So why do we still reward the smartest people in the room more so than those who excel at working with …

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  May 23, 2015
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  21 Ways to Be a Better Leader Without Breaking a Sweat

  Inc Magazine - Les McKeown

  It's not rocket science. Being a better leader starts with the little things. Here's what you need to know. Let's jump right in, shall we? 1. Switch off your cell phone. Go on, you can do it. Just for one meeting. 2. Look people in the eyes. Practice doing it consistently. 3. Think. Pick an hour in the …

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  Leadership Engagement: How to Reach Employees Not Preach to Them - Kate Nasser

  katenasser.com - Kate Nasser

  Leadership Engagement: Focus on Development Not Self-Sacrifice Leaders, when you face employees who lack commitment resist the temptation to tell them …

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  How Emotional Intelligence Became a Key Leadership Skill

  Harvard Business Review - Andrea Ovans

  Anyone trying to come up to speed on emotional intelligence would have a pretty easy time of it since the concept is remarkably recent, and its application to business newer still. The term was coined in 1990 in a research paper by two psychology professors, John D. Mayer of UNH and Peter Salovey …

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  Contextual Intelligence

  Harvard Business Review - Tarun Khanna

  Reprint: R1409C The author, a strategy and international-business professor at Harvard Business School, has come to a conclusion that may surprise you: Trying to apply management practices uniformly across geographies is a fool’s errand. Best practices simply don’t travel well across borders. That’s …