Why The Fundamental Strategic Choice Is Between Converging And Diverging

Strategy is a series of choices across converging to be like others and diverging to be different from them.

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The One Thing Every Parent Must Do This Holiday Season

milk moments of live, face-to-face interactions for every ounce of relationship-building potential

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What it Takes to Capture and Create a Moment of Joy

it doesn’t take much for you to create moments of joy in people you spend time with every day.

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Board Best Practices In Onboarding A New CEO
Board Best Practices In Onboarding A New CEO

Determine big business decisions based on what is strategically likely, organizationally likely, and operationally likely. Win with smaller steps, each with a higher likelihood of success than one big leap.

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Fox News Places Its Bet That Two Heads Are Better Than One

co-leadership is often marked by conflict and negative performance – especially in organizations populated by people with large egos.

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Why France’s Domination Of The European Cup Final Did Not Matter

France dominated the European Cup Final on almost every dimension. They had more time of possession, completed more passes, took more shots and had more shots on goal. On the…

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How To Onboard Selfish, Scared And Stupid People
How To Onboard Selfish, Scared And Stupid People

Instead of fighting human nature, design systems to make it easy for the selfish, scared and stupid to adopt them.

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When You Should Rescind A Job Offer

If you’re considering changing your mind and rescinding a job offer, you probably should – whether or not it has been accepted.

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Policies Inhibit. Guidelines Enable. Why?

Use policies only when you must constrain peoples’ actions because potential mistakes come with extinction-level risk.

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