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How to Know If a Spin-Off Will Succeed

Harvard Business Review

There is little consensus as to whether firms that find themselves spun off from other companies – either as new, standalone companies, or under the stewardship of new parent companies – perform better or worse than they did before.

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Live Leadership Notes From Dr. Caroline Leaf At Catalyst 2014

Joseph Lalonde

Our minds will direct chemicals depending upon what we focus our thoughts upon. The general consensus had been a habit takes 21 days to form. This shows us that the environment our cells are in affect them in adverse ways. Wherever you direct your attention is what will grow. That line of thought is being shown to be false.

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How to Manage Conflict in Virtual Teams

Harvard Business Review

Majchrzak has studied virtual projects at numerous companies , including EDS, IBM, Kraft, Motorola, Shell Chemicals, and Unilever, and has found that successful teams tend to use one important tool: an online discussion board in a shared virtual workspace. Teams can avoid false consensus. The point I was trying to make is that."

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A Manager’s Guide to Crying at Work

Great Leadership By Dan

While there are no clear, consensus management rules to fall back to, there are a few things that may be helpful to know: 1. So, as managers, we need to let go of stereotypes and perceptions about crying and recognize it for what it is – a chemical reaction. So what’s a manager to do when faced with a crying employee?

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Your Brain Is Hooked on Being Right

Harvard Business Review

The body makes a chemical choice about how best to protect itself — in this case from the shame and loss of power associated with being wrong — and as a result is unable to regulate its emotions or handle the gaps between expectations and reality. And the amygdala, our instinctive brain, takes over.

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Ending the Shareholder Lawsuit Gravy Train

Harvard Business Review

Wachter wrote in 2011 , a consensus has developed among academics that fraud on the market is “not just flawed, second-best, misdirected, or in need of improvement, but flat-out senseless, mindless, and reasonless.”. a “maker of chemical refractories for the steel industry” (Harry Blackmun’s words), got a raw deal. Basic, Inc.,