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Research: Do People Really Get Promoted to Their Level of Incompetence?

Harvard Business Review

You’ve probably encountered managers you admire more for their technical skills than for their actual leadership skills. In other words, organizations manage careers so that everyone “rises to the level of their incompetence.” And if so, how do organizations manage around the Peter Principle?

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How Risk Reduction Is (and Isn't) Rocket Science

Harvard Business Review

The secret isn't rocket science — it's a full-time commitment to the art and science of project management. PMI's Pulse of the Profession Survey shows that more than two-thirds of project-based organizations have created a dedicated Project Management Office to lead such efforts. Connecting to the Strategic Vision.

Project 17
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How Risk Reduction Is (and Isn't) Rocket Science

Harvard Business Review

The secret isn't rocket science — it's a full-time commitment to the art and science of project management. PMI's Pulse of the Profession Survey shows that more than two-thirds of project-based organizations have created a dedicated Project Management Office to lead such efforts. Connecting to the Strategic Vision.

Project 14
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Connect Inventors with the Right Problems

Harvard Business Review

When one of us (Walker) helped developed the idea that became Priceline.com, the challenge was to solve a decades-long problem: how could airplanes and hotels fill their last, otherwise empty and perishable rooms and seats while holding the line on the price and profitability of most bookings? All of this is changing now for the better.

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Integrating Maintenance of Board Certification and Health Systems’ Quality-Improvement Programs

Harvard Business Review

Develop standards for QIPs. Develop standards for meaningful participation by individual physicians. It includes five health system engineers, five administrative staff, and 15 physicians representing multiple specialities as well as Mayo Clinic sites in Minnesota, Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Georgia.

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What You Should Know About Dodd-Frank and What Happens If It’s Rolled Back

Harvard Business Review

Posen had lots of interesting things to say about what the law got right, what it made worse, and what the best criticisms of it are. His bottom line: “For a manager running a nonfinancial business, the proposed reforms to Dodd-Frank are probably a bad trade-off.” For more on what the law does, go here.