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To Achieve a Major Goal, First Tackle a Few Small Ones

Harvard Business Review

Second, for very large tasks you often do not get feedback on your success until many of the pieces of that project are in place. Even if particular elements of the task appear to be going well, the success of the large-scale project requires integrating all of the specific tasks in a coordinated fashion. You and Your Team Series.

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The Best Leaders Allow Themselves to Be Persuaded

Harvard Business Review

As Cornell psychologist David Dunning says, “The road to self-insight runs through other people.” That can be difficult when it comes to beliefs to which we’ve become attached, whether it’s a new project idea, an opinion on a longtime vendor, or the assumption that you’re a succinct communicator.