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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 Key to Giving and Receiving Negative Feedback

Joseph Grenny

Starting from a concrete example, the author describes the techniques that make it possible to be constructive when giving—or receiving—feedback.  

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How to Get Feedback When No One Is Volunteering It

Karie Willyerd, Barbara Mistick

Advice on how to ask for feedback when you aren’t getting any—whether from superiors, peers or your team.

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Ascending to the C-suite

Rajiv Chandran, Hortense de la Boutetière, Carolyn Dewar

A survey on the problems frequently encountered by newly promoted senior executives.

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We Can’t Recall Logos We See Every Day: An Interview with Alan Castel

Alison Beard

A short interview of a neuroscientist from UCLA on the noxious effects of information overload on our memory. 

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Emotion and the Art of Negotiation

Alison Wood Brooks

Understanding how different emotions?anxiety, anger, regrets, etc.?affect the negotiation process and how to improve responses.

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The Best Data Storytellers Aren’t Always the Numbers People

Alexandra Samuel

An article that reminds us of one of the basic rules of storytelling: the starting point is always the audience! It also invites us to apply this same requirement when manipulating data: just because we are speaking in numbers doesn’t make it any more acceptable to forget to personalize our...

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What I Didn't Know About Becoming a CEO

Karen Firestone

With 10 years’ hindsight, a female leader highlights the disruptions this position entails and to which we are not always prepared.

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Relearning the Art of Asking Questions

Tom Pohlmann, Neethi Mary Thomas

Children are known to bombard their entourage with questions. Why do we lose this attitude when becoming adult?

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Get the Boss to Buy In

Susan J. Ashford, James R. Detert

Essential pieces of advice to successfully sell your ideas.

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Control the Negotiation Before It Begins

Deepak Malhotra

Four key steps to follow beforehand, to be prepared to effectively address the discussions.

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