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Does The Age Of A Board Affect Company Innovation?

The Horizons Tracker

They have less conflict of interest but are not always capable,” the researchers explain. This might be because they don’t need as much advice from their top executives on technology-related issues. Internal goverrnance “Independent directors, for example, don’t know the business very well.

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Use Your Brains

Frank Sonnenberg Online

After all, they acted on advice from a friend, a recommendation from a website, or research published in a prominent journal. Consider the advice of others but trust yourself in the end. And yet we follow advice, hop on the bandwagon , or believe information without questioning it every day. In other words, use your brains.

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The Future Economy Project: Advice from Sustainability Experts

Harvard Business Review

There is a group called ISEAL Alliance that is an accreditation system for all the third-party nonprofit certification systems; they lay out best practices around stakeholder engagement, complaint resolution, conflict of interest management, auditor corruption, and so on. It’s a start.

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How Anxiety Can Lead Your Decisions Astray

Harvard Business Review

Recently, my colleagues and I undertook research to understand how anxiety impacts people’s willingness to accept advice from others and their likelihood of following poor guidance (PDF). But before being shown the photographs again, the students indicated whether they wanted to receive advice from someone else before making their guesses.

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Two Kinds of People You Should Never Negotiate With

Harvard Business Review

The vast majority of the time, this is sound advice. Negotiation is a method for resolving conflicts of interest, not for adjudicating who is at fault. Most people, once they understand this, are willing to exchange concessions in order to satisfy their underlying interests. This person is not going to change.

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When Your Boss Has an Angry Outburst, What Do They Do Next?

Harvard Business Review

Given these findings, we offer the following advice for dealing with abusive supervisors. Sometimes, due to breakdowns of self-regulation or conflicts of interests, you might have occasional “blips.” For followers, our findings show that for some leaders, behaviors fluctuate from time to time.

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How to Prove That You’re Dependable

Frank Sonnenberg Online

If you have a personal bias or a conflict of interest, make it known. Confirm whether your message is understood. Put things in writing to avoid misunderstandings. Be objective. Present both sides of an issue to prove that you’re objective. Be courteous and considerate.

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