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Research: We’re Not Very Self-Aware, Especially at Work

Harvard Business Review

Use external benchmarks: measure how someone’s self-view compares to others’ views and measure how assessments directly relate to outcomes like increased learning and job performance. Will Rogers rightly once quipped, “It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so.”

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The Big Picture of Business – Fine Wine, Aged Cheese and Valuable Antiques: Part I

Strategy Driven

The multiple parts of a successful company require care, attention, grooming and benchmarking. Their market value is set by the seller, who often is an appreciator or, at the least, has a profit motive. To still another, it may be a Roy Rogers wristwatch, one of Elvis Presley’s scarves or a Partridge Family lunchbox.

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The Big Picture of Business: Fine Wine, Aged Cheese and Valuable Antiques. Professionals Who Go the Distance.

Strategy Driven

Their market value is set by the seller, who often is an appreciator or, at the least, has a profit motive. To still another, it may be a Roy Rogers wristwatch, one of Elvis Presley’s scarves or a Partridge Family lunchbox. Who should be the arbitrator and benchmark? Mentor-Leader-Advocate-Motivator. You should.