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Increase the Odds of Achieving Your Goals by Setting Them with Your Spouse

Harvard Business Review

And we often think of our personal and professional goals as occupying distinct and separate spheres. But what if the work and home “spheres” could merge and actually improve the odds that we’ll achieve our goals? Research shows that it’s easier to achieve our goals when we’re not trying to go it alone.

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Getting Ahead by Leading Across

Harvard Business Review

Witnessing the downward-spiral of Carla Sanders' career was painful — yet her experience offers an important commentary on the requirements of executive leadership in today's organizations. This leadership imperative goes far beyond being collaborative and "playing nicely" with peers.