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Chip Shots – The Power of Interdisciplinary Efforts

Lead Change Blog

A recent Forbes article identified the Top 10 Business Trends That Will Drive Success In 2015. David Dye – In my experience, the key to effective interdisciplinary efforts, cross-departmental cooperation, and breaking down silos is a clear focus on one organizational priority. Today’s Question. Interdisciplinary Workshops.

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Is Office Politics a White Man’s Game?

Harvard Business Review

A 2015 study published in the Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal discovered that female students perceive themselves to be more politically skilled than male students. Research published in the Journal of Applied Psychology argues that women prefer work environments that foster cooperation, teamwork, and support.

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How the World’s Oldest Company Reinvented Itself

Harvard Business Review

Rather than handpick the usual senior managers, a team called Pathbuilder was formed of a diverse group of insiders to present senior leaders with new ideas. First, and most important, by relying on the self-nomination approach, the company tapped into the hidden energy, diversity, and skills of its employees.

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Content Marketers Should Find Spokespeople Outside the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

The use of content marketing has grown exponentially in recent years, and in 2015, Content Marketing Institute found that 88% of B2B marketers are now using content marketing. You should have an idea of who stands out as a leader among others and who is patient and knowledgeable enough to go out of their way to teach their co-workers.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Fatal Flaws of Corporate Thinking

Strategy Driven

” “If you don’t cooperate with me, I’ll bring you down.” Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. The Big Picture of Business – Diversity is Important for Business. .” “We’re not paying people to think… just to do. Make them understand.”

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Research Shows Unionized Workers Are Less Happy, but Why?

Harvard Business Review

I conducted a meta-analysis with results from a pool of 235 estimates from 59 studies published in academic journals from 1978 to 2015. Meta-analysis is particularly useful for identifying and quantifying patterns, for drawing inferences from a diversity of results, and for generalizing from results derived from numerous single studies.