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There is no shortage of advice for entrepreneurs, managers, and executives on what they should be doing in order to succeed in business. Some of the advice comes from people who really should be careful about giving advice because they haven’t actually succeeded in business—they are just good writers. Other advice comes from people who really should be careful about giving advice because they have … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Henrich Greve | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Education, Experience

A colleague asks you for feedback on a report. A LinkedIn connection requests an introduction to one of your key contacts. A recent graduate would like an informational interview. New research from Wharton management professor Adam Grant reveals that how you respond to these requests may be a decisive indicator of where you will end up on the ladder of professional success. Grant recently spoke … [ Read more ]

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Adam Grant | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

A lot of the power of positive thinking was not built on any evidence. It was built on beliefs, some of which turned out to be right. But it wasn’t guidance from an empirical perspective. [University of North Carolina professor] Barbara Fredrickson has shown that positivity enhances well-being when it’s in the right balance. She has a three-to-one ratio: Your positive emotions should outnumber your … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Daniel Pink | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Attitude, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development, Personality / Behavior, Thought

Once we understand the power of our personal reputation, we can begin to see how others’ perceptions of us can impact our ability to compete in the marketplace—for jobs, for raises, for promotions. In the same way this concept works for the business world, we can accelerate our own journey toward success by evaluating our reputation and taking action to elevate it.

Content: Article | Author: Sara Canaday | Source: ChangeThis | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

A Stanford GSB professor of marketing explains why engaging your audience is key to success.

Content: Article | Author: Jennifer Aaker | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Personal Development

If you want to become world-class as a violinist or a chess player, areas where little luck is involved, you need roughly 10,000 hours of deliberate practice. What’s crucial is that your results, as you improve, will be a reliable indicator of your skill. as a result, feedback in these domains can be clear and unequivocal. If you compete in a field where luck plays … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Michael J. Mauboussin | Source: ChangeThis | Subjects: Luck, Personal Development, Skills

Judith E. Glaser, author of Creating WE: Change I-Thinking to We-Thinking and Build a Healthy Thriving Organization, introduces a passage illuminating the drivers of success from Leadership and the Art of Struggle: How Great Leaders Grow through Challenge and Adversity, by Steven Snyder.

Content: Article | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That’s a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others). In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Daniel Pink | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

Why do some people outperform their peers by up to 40 percent? Why are some professionals more efficient at work than others? Why do some offer solutions, while others just complain and point fingers? IESE’s Pablo Maella analyzes the foundations of personal and organizational productivity through six variables.

Content: Article | Author: Pablo Maella | Source: IESE Insight | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

Okay, you have gotten the memo on improving skill: 10,000 hours, hard work, deliberate practice, grit, and attentive teacher. We’ve all heard it. You also recognize that in many of life’s activities, the results you achieve combine skill and luck. No debate there. Now, what if I told you that in many cases improving skill leads to results that rely more on luck? That’s right. … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Michael J. Mauboussin | Source: ChangeThis | Subject: Personal Development

To invite genuine buy-in and engagement, we need to listen with a strong personal motive to learn and understand. But we have a “blind spot” in our brains that gets in the way. What we hear is easily distorted with our own needs, biases, experiences and agenda, even when our intentions are good. We often hear what others say without understanding what they mean. We … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: John Ullmen, Mark Goulston | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Ability, Personal Development, Thought

How do we know which of our successes and failures can be attributed to either skill or luck? That is the question that investment strategist Michael J. Mauboussin explores in his book The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing. Wharton management professor Adam M. Grant recently sat down with Mauboussin to talk about the paradox of skill, the conditions for … [ Read more ]

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Michael J. Mauboussin | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

Baba Shiv demystifies the brain chemistry that controls our decision making, and explains how you can regulate it to make better decisions. He also uses the latest neuroscience research to answer the question, “Is it better to make decisions in the morning or the afternoon?”

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Baba Shiv | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Personal Development

Development is not about “jumping the groove.” It’s about “expanding the groove,” or taking the best of who you naturally are and pushing the boundaries of those elements to grow as a leader.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Personal Development

To eminent systems therapist David Kantor, learning to recognize the hidden patterns in conversation is the first step toward more effective executive leadership.

Editor’s Note: see a related video by David Kantor, which describes how leaders can uncover hidden patterns in conversation in order to more effectively inspire their teams, and shape group conversations.
Content: Thought Leader | Author: David Kantor | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

Every year, hundreds of thousands of new graduates enter the business world, eager to climb the corporate ladder. Their progress on the early rungs of that journey will often be determined by qualities like hard work, determination, knowledge and technical proficiency. But Alan S. Berson and Richard G. Stieglitz, authors of Leadership Conversations: Challenging High-Potential Managers to Become Great Leaders, argue that those same qualities … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Alan S. Berson, Richard G. Stieglitz | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Personal Development

The Graduate Management Admission Council, which markets the GMAT business school entrance exam, today launched a new online assessment tool designed to improve leadership and other “soft” skills. It comes with access to advice from executive coaches and an online library of content that allows users to develop skills at their own pace. It costs $99 for three years.

Content: Article | Author: Francesca Di Meglio | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Leadership, MBA Related, Personal Development

Meet lots of different people without trying to extract value from them. You don’t need to connect the dots right away. But if you think about each person as a new dot on your canvas, over time, you’ll see the full picture.

Content: Quotation | Author: Tony Hsieh | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subjects: Creativity, Personal Development

It’s easy to convince yourself you know something until you have to explain it to someone else. Then the truth comes out.

Content: Quotation | Author: Jason Fried | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subjects: Communication, Education, Knowledge, Learning