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The Discipline of Listening

Harvard Business Review

As the up-and-coming vice president and CEO candidate for a Fortune 500 technology corporation sat before the CEO for his annual review, he was baffled to discover that the feedback from his peers, customers, direct reports, and particularly from board members placed unusual emphasis on one potentially devastating problem: his listening deficit.

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Why The Best Hospitals Are Managed by Doctors

Harvard Business Review

Healthcare has become extraordinarily complex — the balance of quality against cost, and of technology against humanity, are placing ever-increasing demands on clinicians. Core to the curriculum is emotional intelligence (with 360-degree feedback and executive coaching), teambuilding, conflict resolution, and situational leadership.

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6 Things Every Mentor Should Do

Harvard Business Review

Over the course of our careers, and through our formal research on mentoring within and outside of academia, we’ve found that good mentoring is discipline-agnostic. Mentors trade away hours they could use to pursue their own career goals and spend them on someone else’s. The Explainer: Emotional Intelligence.

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