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3 Ways To Harness The Power Of Differences

Lead Change Blog

If ignored or met with intolerance or indifference, these dissimilarities can be divisive, even lethal for career or business success. Professor Donald Sull calls it active inertia, an organization’s tendency to follow established patterns of behavior. People do the same thing. He abhorred dissent, uncertainty, and pens with red ink.

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Before You Agree to Take on New Work, Ask 3 Questions

Harvard Business Review

During the 2009 recession, I took a high-profile job with a marketing agency. ” Donald Sull and Dominic Houlder suggest creating a worksheet with four columns. An attorney I work with frequently feels she should go into the office on weekends in order to prove her commitment to her career. Obligation takes its place.

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