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Why Self-Awareness Matters

Coaching Tip

The formula for personal success = your human capital (what you know and can do) times your social capital (who you know and who knows you) times your reputation (who trusts you). Swisher: Becoming an Agile Leader. Victoria V. John G Agno: Women, Know Thyself: The most important knowledge is self-knowledge.

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

PMs have to have a deep understanding of how the organization operates and must build social capital to influence the success of their product – from obtaining budget and staffing to securing a top engineer to work on their product.

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Case Study: Is Holacracy for Us?

Harvard Business Review

Remember: No matter how large Contect gets, it will stay agile and motivated. You have to admit that it would be a far more efficient approach, whether you call it holacracy or not: Faster decisions, made by the people who are most affected by them and know the ins and outs of the specific project, will make us much more agile.

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How Blockchain Will Accelerate Business Performance and Power the Smart Economy - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM MICROSOFT

Harvard Business Review

Political economist Francis Fukuyama predicted a future when social capital would be as important as physical capital, and that only those societies with a high degree of social trust would be able to create large-scale organizations capable of competing in the new economy.