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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

Addresses how to ensure your company has the right governance, performance measurement, and internal discussions to encourage value-creating decisions. Retailers historically need trained stored managers, a few great merchandisers, and, in most cases, store staff with a customer service orientation.

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

A PM with a high EQ has strong relationships within their organization and they have a keen sense of how to navigate both internal and external hurdles to ship a great product. The best PMs know how to push hard on the right priorities, with urgency, but without conveying a sense of panic or stress. Company Fit.

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How to Work with a Bad Listener

Harvard Business Review

” The experience might, for instance, “cause you to lose your train of thought” or “suppress what you originally planned to communicate.” Earlier in Ash Norton’s career, she worked with a colleague — whom we’ll call Nancy — who had difficulty paying attention.

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Media Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Harvard Business Review

Reporters are trained to ferret out details. Political leaders are masters at this, and research from Harvard academics Todd Rogers and Michael I Norton shows that audiences tend to trust those "artful dodgers" more than people who are completely honest. How do you prepare when it's your turn under the klieg lights?

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