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6 Ways to Screen Job Candidates for Strategic Thinking

Harvard Business Review

identify and consult with key stakeholders across departments and business units. There are several questions that can reveal whether a candidate has strategic thinking skills: How would you go about connecting the dots and identifying the interrelationships and interdependencies in a proposed strategic plan? check the strategic plan.

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Is It Ever OK to Break Into Your Colleague’s Computer?

Harvard Business Review

Rick was looking for Kelly, one of the analysts who supported his consulting team. The digital age offers us immense opportunities to hone our detective skills, to observe our colleagues in an entirely new, not necessarily flattering light, and also presents tremendous challenges in terms of how we use that information.

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