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Personal Development

What skills to develop to best hold your role as a manager or leader? What tools to rely on? What subjects to put into practice?

The Simplest Way to Reboot Your Brain

Robert Stickgold

A synopsis of the recent research on the importance of sleep for proper cerebral operations… and a documented plea for micro-naps at work!

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Power in the Workplace

Elaine N. Aron

How can high sensitivity be handled and turned into an asset for a manager?

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Creating Sustainable Performance

John C. Camillus

The practical conclusions of a study about the factors that help people feel happy at work, defined by the authors as a combination of vitality and skill development.

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The promise of prediction markets: A roundtable

Renée Dye

A review of the first predictive markets used in the business world: key success factors and points to watch.

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Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time

Tony Schwartz, Catherine McCarthy

"An ""energy management"" program for company managers, inspired by the training techniques of high-level athletes."

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Becoming the Boss

Linda A. Hill

Occupying a position of authority for the first time is not easy. How can you avoid the principal traps of your first steps as a manager?

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A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making

David J. Snowden, Mary E. Boone

A reference article about the importance of adapting our leadership and decision-making modes to each context depending on its degree of complexity.

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Distortions and Deceptions in Strategic Decisions

Dan P. Lovallo, Olivier Sibony

Several ideas to avoid the main decision-making traps.

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The hard work of failure analysis

Advice on developing the organization's ability to analyze failure.

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Six ways to build trust in negotiations

Ways to assert your credibility in negotiations.

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