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Leading Thoughts for December 30, 2021

Leading Blog

Robert Dilenschneider on knowing your strengths: “By knowing your strengths and building on them in a hypercompetitive world, we can be more effective. Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog. I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives.

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Five Happiness Traps

Leading Blog

Second, hypercompetitiveness in the workplace leaves us empty and unfulfilled, hurts our ability to lead effectively, and makes us no fun to be around. How does it hurt me and them? * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *. Which happiness traps do I keep others in?

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Thomas J. DeLong: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Before joining the Harvard Faculty, DeLong was Chief Development Officer and Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Group, Inc., DeLong is the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice in the Organizational Behavior area at the Harvard Business School.

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Use Jugaad to Innovate Faster, Cheaper, Better

Harvard Business Review

Jugaad is an antidote to the complexity of India: a country of mind-blogging diversity; pervasive scarcity of all kinds; and exploding interconnectivity (India is adding 10 million cellphone subscribers every month). Jugaad innovators innovate cheaper: Jugaad innovators are very frugal.

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How Successful Virtual Teams Collaborate

Harvard Business Review

The trick is to find the common ground between such individuals, and social media — blogs, wikis, online collaboration tools, etc. Many skills are difficult to train and develop. People are more prone to collaborate with others who are similar to them. So how, then, do you get dissimilar people to collaborate?

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