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0506 | Shawn Hunter: Full Transcript

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SHAWN: I’m Shawn Hunter, and well, what I do, my day job is I’m an executive producer for Leadership Solutions, for Skillsoft, and so to that end, I travel around the world with colleagues, and we track down really interesting people. People who are on the edges of innovation or leadership or management. That’s it!

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When Personal Tragedy Strikes, Downshifting at Work Doesn’t Always Help

Harvard Business Review

Ten days after her husband died unexpectedly while on vacation in Mexico, Sheryl Sandberg returned to work as chief operating officer at Facebook. My manager suggested I take a staff role for a while to create a less busy schedule. It’s a transition Sophie Vandebroek knows all too well. I said “Are you crazy?”

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Why Citi Got Rid of Assigned Desks

Harvard Business Review

It may seem odd to use a dystopian world as a model for an office workspace, but that’s just what Citi did. First, people had been scattered in different offices throughout the metropolitan area, creating a fractured feeling. The workspace has to be carefully managed — as does the transition to it. Emphasize problem solving.

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Why Citi Got Rid of Assigned Desks

Harvard Business Review

It may seem odd to use a dystopian world as a model for an office workspace, but that’s just what Citi did. First, people had been scattered in different offices throughout the metropolitan area, creating a fractured feeling. The workspace has to be carefully managed — as does the transition to it. Emphasize problem solving.

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The Benefits of Hiring Your Best Customers

Harvard Business Review

I’ve found that managers who fully embrace a superconsumer strategy learn more from their consumers through increased empathy. These managers are more persuasive at getting buy-in from the leaders in their organization, make better strategic decisions, and achieve more stable, more predictable, and longer-term growth.