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HBR's Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011

Harvard Business Review

by David Silverman. Silverman's basic philosophy on cover letters? Do you perpetuate these productivity-destroying falsehoods at your company? Steve Jobs Solved the Innovator's Dilemma. The concept of reverse innovation applies in finance, as well. You don't have to sell Apple products.). Don't bother.

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19 Key Leadership Competencies & Behaviors from 29 Top Experts

Miles Anthony Smith

The most successful leaders I know are lifelong learners, open to new innovative ideas, they read the latest books, they are willing to explore and experience self-awareness and they use good accredited coach to support them in their successful leadership journey. Any other leadership advice you recommend for leading well?

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Workers, Take Off Your Headphones

Harvard Business Review

That may increase a certain kind of productivity, but at what cost? A drain on innovation. A Wall Street Journal piece on the "officeless office" had a sidebar with six new rules for office etiquette which included #1, no sneaking up; #5, limit chit-chat; and #6 use headphones.

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The Real Reasons Companies Are So Focused on the Short Term

Harvard Business Review

Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. One trend that has contributed to short-termism and lower innovativeness is the increased prevalence of outside CEOs.

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Women Behaving Badly (And Resetting the Playing Field)

Harvard Business Review

The BBC production Absolutely Fabulous (aka AbFab) featured me-generation Londoners who never met a fashion they couldn't love, a pharmaceutical they couldn't abuse, or a family member they couldn't disappoint. A great wave of cultural innovation followed, giving us creatures of a different kind. This show has precedents of its own.