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Chip Shots – The Power of Interdisciplinary Efforts

Lead Change Blog

In our Chip Shots feature, our Leading Voices are invited to provide brief insights into a leadership dilemma. A recent Forbes article identified the Top 10 Business Trends That Will Drive Success In 2015. Four groups of six ultimately came together in the same room for a week of intensive, personal work on their leadership.

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Lots of Employees Get Misclassified as Contractors. Here’s Why It Matters

Harvard Business Review

All of these issues rushed back to mind recently when the political leadership at the current U.S. For a deeper look into the distinctions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the 2015 guidance document ). Hence the issuing of our now-retracted guidance in 2015. of employment in 2005 to 9.6% These distinctions matter.

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

This meant that the company was leaving out huge innovation potential — thousands of startups with billions of funding — that could help BMW innovate anything from core vehicle technology (batteries, sensors, artificial intelligence software) to manufacturing innovations (internet of things, cybersecurity, robotics).

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Gun Manufacturers Need to Lead Change, Not Just Follow the Law

Harvard Business Review

Investors also did well: A $100 investment in Ruger in late 2010 was worth $443 in late 2015, while the equivalent investment in the S&P 500 yielded only $163 over that time frame. It’s worth remembering Peter Drucker’s famous distinction: “management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing.”

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America’s Transportation Infrastructure Needs Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

National Infrastructure Week, May 11-15, should mark the acceleration of giving entrepreneurs and innovators a prominent seat at the table, adding technology opportunities to solve America’s infrastructure problems. In the case of the FAA and mobile technology, the slow-moving agency is trying its best to be nimbler.

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5 Ways to Boost Your Resilience at Work

Harvard Business Review

Integrating mindfulness into core talent processes such as onboarding, manager training, performance conversations and leadership development is also critical, though most organizations are not yet at this stage of adoption.

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

Strategy Driven

That having an E-mail address or a website makes one an expert on technology. That technology is the most important driving force in business and society. ” “If you don’t cooperate with me, I’ll bring you down.” I advised several technology companies during their gravy years.