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You Can’t Raise Performance with Low Expectations

The Practical Leader

George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion (which was the basis for “My Fair Lady”) used a similar theme. In his Harvard Business Review classic “Pygmalion in Management,” J. In the play, Eliza Doolittle explains, “The difference between a flower girl and a lady is not how she behaves, but how she is treated.”

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Gene Sperling and Wall Street's Giant Sucking Sound

Harvard Business Review

I've had a few encounters with Gene through the years, and he's always struck me as an endearing (and rare) combination of policy wonk, political operator, and genuine mensch. Shaw, and $135,000 for one speech at Goldman Sachs. Shaw and what he made at the White House). million in one year from the hedge fund D.E.

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Subjective Understanding in the Workplace: Embracing Complexity and Fostering Collective Intelligence

Mike Cardus

The term “mindset” conjures the image of a single setting, like a TV channel or a prearranged machine operation. Emphasize the importance of oblique efforts and learning from positive and negative experiences. Shaw, P., & Mowles, C. However, human cognition is far more complex. Jossey-Bass. Stacey, R. Griffin, D.,

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Four Ways to Improve Your Communication

The Recovering Engineer

Until you confirm mutual understanding, you will be operating on assumptions and interpretations rather than on facts. One of my favorite quotes on communication (I think I have quoted it before on this blog) is by George Bernard Shaw: “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”

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