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Worn out at Work? Twelve Common Workplace Behaviors that Drain.

Strategy Driven

Soup : A Recipe to Nourish Your Team and Culture by Jon Gordon Soup , an inspirational business fable, shares a recipe for success filled with the essential ingredients to build a winning team and create a culture of greatness. The Out-of-Control Complain Train DON’T: Give in to the temptation to whine.

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Perfectionism Is Increasing, and That’s Not Good News

Harvard Business Review

In some sections of society, there is a tendency to dismiss this trend as the product of an over-indulged, over-entitled, and over-sensitive “snowflake generation.” Perhaps the most concerning trend documented in our analysis is that of socially prescribed perfectionism. Note that we are not clinical psychologists.

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The Renaissance We Need in Business Education

Harvard Business Review

Having taught at five business schools over several decades and served as Dean of two, I have come to a conclusion: The educational institutions where our future business leaders are being trained must be recalibrated and transformed dramatically. The subsequent recasting of business schools 2.0

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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business Review

Beyond wages, other forms of investment in human capital include education and training, improved healthcare, and other, less obvious investments, such as the time and space to explore new ideas and professional development opportunities. billion in its associates through higher wages, better benefits and enhanced training.

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Are You Spending 1,000 Hours Preparing for Your Next Job?

Harvard Business Review

That's taking Intel co-founder Gordon Moore's bold prediction (now known as Moore's Law ) that the number of transistors on a chip will double approximately every two years to a far new level. The trend is clear even if you don't buy the exact math. But to be fair, Moore made what was seen as his seemingly wild prediction 47 years ago.

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The Renaissance We Need in Business Education

Harvard Business Review

Having taught at five business schools and served as Dean of two, I have come to hold one opinion very strongly: The educational institutions where our future business leaders are being trained must be transformed, and transformed dramatically. Many government-supported universities are already cutting budgets.

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business Review

The H-1B Visa Process The H-1B visa was established, as part of the Immigration Act of 1990, to let companies recruit trained foreign workers (with at least a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent) to work in “specialty occupations” for which there are few qualified local candidates.