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Chasing Away the Monday Blues

HR Digest

From the euphoria of a Friday ending the workweek to the inevitable Monday blues after a weekend are part and parcel of work life. Monday blues have become so much a part of our lexicon that people have stopped noticing the actual effect it has on the work environment. Monday blues can affect your productivity.

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Why Young Bankers, Lawyers, and Consultants Need Emotional Intelligence

Harvard Business Review

A complex and global business environment requires stronger communication across multiple boundaries, and the rise of big data means clients put more value on customized insight and integrity. The industry is even becoming more collaborative, as teams become global and diverse and the workplace becomes more virtual.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

Your relationships are also the best way to change with your environment and industry, even if your formal role or assignment has not changed. Breadth: How Diverse Is Your Network? ” Given a choice between a network heavily skewed to the power players in your firm and a good mix of diverse contacts, which would you choose?

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Outwitting America's Broken Political System

Harvard Business Review

By looking at these controversies, we can see how to spur America's diverse voters to support the tax and spending policies that, in time, would benefit us all. Consider, for instance, how the diverse, antagonistic interest groups battling over environmental policy reached a "grand bargain" in 1996. How was this possible?

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Use Big Data to Create Value for Customers, Not Just Target Them

Harvard Business Review

In an environment where most of the population has no credit history, and therefore no credit rating, even rudimentary phone usage data serves as a handy proxy (people who organize their contacts with both first and last names are more likely to repay loans).