Meetings. They hold such promise for moving your business forward, but they rarely deliver. We all know the steps we're supposed to take to run an effective meeting, but we seldom follow them. Why? Perhaps it just doesn't seem worth the time to pinpoint what we want to accomplish, craft an...

"Talk to your toddler, your teen, your caregiver, your boss, your partner, yourself. There are days in every working parent's life when it feels like you're screaming into the wind. The days when you have to ask your childless boss if you can leave work early-again-for a kid issue. The days your...

Whether you have one team member abroad or several people working remotely, leading a virtual team presents special challenges. How do you ensure accountability when you don't see your people every day? How can you get your team to communicate effectively when they're navigating language...

"We're complex people. Professionally, we're recent graduates, employees, star performers, and first-time managers. But we're also best friends, devoted family members, sports fans, plant parents, social justice warriors-or any other combination of these and other traits. But how much of...

Pipelines, platforms, and the new rules of strategy / Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Geoffrey G. Parker, and Sangeet Paul Choudary -- Strategies for two-sided markets / Thomas Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne -- Finding the platform in your product / Andrei Hagiu and Elizabeth J....

Section 1. Strategy in the recession: Adapt your business to the new reality - start by understanding how habits have changed. / by Michael G. Jacobides and Martin Reeves -- Avoid making this strategic mistake in a recession - now is not the time for differentiators to compete on cost / by...

"In industry after industry, data, analytics, and AI-driven processes are transforming the nature of work. While we often still treat AI as the domain of a specific skill, business function, or sector, we have entered a new era in which AI is challenging the very concept of the firm. AI-centric...

Introduction: Why decision making is so hard -- Section one. Getting started: The hidden traps in decision making - understand the misperceptions and biases that cloud your judgment / by John S. Hammond, Ralph l. Keeney, and Howard Raiffa -- Who has the D?: how clear decision roles enhance...

Section 1. From idea to pitch: A guide to winning support for your new idea or project--persistence is key / Rebecca Knight -- How to keep support for your project from evaporating: don't rely on personal relationships alone / Allison Rimm -- You've pitched your initiative-what's next?: whether...