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The Best Leadership Books of 2015

Leading Blog

You Win in the Locker Room First : The 7 C's to Build a Winning Team in Business, Sports, and Life by Jon Gordon and Mike Smith Jon Gordon and NFL coach Mike Smith describe how to transform a mediocre team into a winning one. Blog Post ). H3 Leadership : Stay Hungry. Always Hustle. Building on three H’s— Humble (Who am I?) Blog Post ).

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7 Steps to Problem Solving

Skip Prichard

The OECD Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) started testing individual problem solving skills in 2012 and added collaborative problem solving skills in the 2015 assessments. 7 Steps to Problem Solving. 1: Define the problem. 2: Disaggregate. 3: Prioritize. 4: Workplan. 5: Analyze. 6: Synthesize.

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The Big Picture of Business- Flip Sides, Second Acts and Successful Careers

Strategy Driven

Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Some of the most creative professionals work behind the scenes and then later get accorded star status.

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Is R&D Getting Harder, or Are Companies Just Getting Worse At It?

Harvard Business Review

As Strategy& reported in its 2015 survey of 1,757 executives, “innovation today is a key driver of organic growth for all companies — regardless of sector or geography.” In fact, Northwestern economist Robert Gordon, in The Rise and Fall of American Growth , makes similar arguments.

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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business Review

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. Managed by Q, a cleaning and office services company in New York City, decided to pay employees higher wages than the prevailing market rate. And wages are stagnant.

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How to Get People to Subscribe to Your Newsletter

Harvard Business Review

But when it comes to marketing, much of the attention gets focused on social media, which — while popular and highly visible — has a conversion rate less than half that of email marketing (4.29% vs. 1.81%), according to a recent analysis. Here’s an example of one of mine.) Here’s how it works.

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Brexit Could Deepen Europe’s Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

Gordon Ross, a lead tester on the Grand Theft Auto game, reportedly characterized it as “madness.” ” Vodaphone is considering moving its headquarters out of the UK and its CEO Vittorio Colao had told the BBC that a Brexit would preclude it from a giant new single market. billion as compared to $4.4