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End Game First

Leading Blog

That’s part and parcel for this phase of a crisis. The authors spend a good deal of time addressing key components of crisis management: building a team, communication, gathering intelligence, creativity in working with what you have to work with, mental health, and relationships. Some solutions also bring new problems.

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3 Ways Managers Start Off On the Wrong Foot

Harvard Business Review

I would call them “rookie mistakes,” but honestly, these are mistakes that many managers make – even seasoned ones. To make matters worse, when your apparent confidence seems to exceed your competence, you are likely to be the object of derision and scorn. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing People.

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How to Design Work Projects for Maximum Learning

Harvard Business Review

Skill development is clearly a major priority for companies and managers these days. Managers learn how to articulate a business opportunity in ways that energize team members. Because they often have to collaborate across units or functions to achieve their objectives, they become more skilled at leading without formal authority.

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What to Do When Your Future Strategy Clashes with Your Present

Harvard Business Review

MedStar operated nine hospitals, but realized that its long-held objective of increasing revenue and profits at those venues was unsustainable, given the outcries over runaway medical costs. As its name implies, the objective of the future-state portfolio is to paint a picture of the organization 10 or 20 years into the future.

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A Quick Guide to Avoiding Common Writing Errors

Harvard Business Review

Allot means “to parcel out.” Lay/Lie: Subjects lie down; objects are laid down. The effect was startling. All Right/Alright: Although alright is gaining ground, the correct choice is still all right. A Lot: A lot is two words, not one. ” Between You and I: Nope. Between you and me is the correct phrase.

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Rising Sea Levels Won’t Doom U.S. Coastal Cities

Harvard Business Review

Companies such as Coastal Risk Consulting are developing flood risk statistical models at the parcel level. Only local zoning rules could inhibit future real estate magnates from building in the objectively safer parts of the city and protecting the populace by building more units higher up. What will this adaptation look like?

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For U.S. Employers, Health Care Reform Is a Watching and Waiting Game

Harvard Business Review

The administration also needs time to work on the reporting requirements that will be part and parcel of making the system work. Companies of all sizes are evaluating their health care strategies and objectives now. HR executives are finding health care planning to be as high on their list of priorities as talent management.