Monthly Archives: February 2012

Across the Great Divide – by Diana McLain Smith

admin by February 23, 2012

Most people who stay happily married attribute their success to all they have in common. At work, you can’t always choose your partners, and you often find yourself working alongside someone with different ideas, values, interests, and beliefs.

There’s a…

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How To Get a Job: A True Story – from Claire Diaz-Ortiz

admin by February 21, 2012

When people used to ask me for advice on how to go about getting their dream job, I used to look off into the distance and look reflective. Really, I was likely re-calculating the exact age difference between Padma Lakshmi…

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Wiley Acquires Inscape, a Leading Provider of DiSC®-Based Learning Solutions

admin by February 17, 2012

It was announced today that John Wiley & Sons has acquired Inscape Holdings, Inc., extending Wiley’s global reach and accelerates Wiley’s digital strategy in workplace learning. Here’s more from the official press release:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.…

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Financial Crisis on the Horizon? Author Anil Gupta Weighs In

admin by February 16, 2012

Watch this CNBC interview with JBbiz author Anil Gupta, professor of strategy at INSEAD and the University of Maryland. Dr. Gupta is the author of the forthcoming Jossey-Bass book, Global Strategies for Emerging Asia (in stores and available online this June).…

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Who Says Micromanagement Is Bad?

admin by February 11, 2012

Micromanagement usually refers to inappropriately close observation and control of a subordinate’s work by a manager. This interpretation derives chiefly from the prefix micro, which means “small” in Greek. In this context, small refers to overemphasis on the little details…

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Hope for the Relationally Challenged and Conflict Averse

admin by February 10, 2012

Just this morning I had a familiar conversation with a leadership development director who told me that her large organization was filled with relationally challenged and conflict averse people—and they were creating a real mess of things.  Perhaps feeling a bit…

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#ConflictPrevention Week – Learn How to Have a Nice Conflict

admin by February 6, 2012

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Conflict Prevention Week (February 6-11) will feature webinars and activities focused on preventing and managing conflict in your relationships. Sessions will include Getting Control of Email Conflicts, Leading in the Heat of…

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What Matters Now

admin by February 4, 2012

Reviews are already trickling in for our latest release – from management guru Gary Hamel, What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation.

Hamel begins What…

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