he House has said no. And now Senate leaders have said no to that silly soda and candy bar tax the governor keeps proposing. But last week a rump group of business leaders insisted that it’s just what the state needs. The Alliance for Business Lea...
Teams have been the topic of my blog lately. I’ve shared with you about how different team types make business possible and how to tell when your team members don’t trust you. Next up? Team roles. For business executives looking to select and deve...
LAS VEGAS, NV, May 19, 2012 -- NASCAR fans come meet Taylor "the Bomber" Barton and sit inside his race car at the 2nd Annual Las Vegas Fitness Challenge on May 19th, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at I.S.S.A.C. (The Institute of Sport Science & Ath...
Raed Dawood, Acting Director of Communications at Nawras, said, "TEDx is a high-profile global event and as the Ideas Partner for TEDx, Nawras brings together corporations and individuals who want to help change the world through educational forum...
While Facebook's rise took many by surprise, its success was little surprise to the hundreds of researchers who study social interactions in neuroscience labs across the country. Over the last decade, these neuroscientists have uncovered some unex...
Polymath is one of those words more likely to show up on the SAT than in everyday conversation. But the reason we don't use the word much these days has less to do with vocabulary than it has to do with practicality: there aren't a lot of polymath...
I have written many articles about “Authentic Networking” that are about using a genuine, generous approach to building your “extra team.” We all need this type of network. I often say that even if you never meet another person in your whole life,...
An interview with Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever. This interview is featured in the forthcoming June issue of HBR. Download this podcast A written transcript will be available by May 24.
For anyone running a sales organization, the 48 hours before a pipeline presentation are the worst days of the month. The pipeline meeting is where you tell management your team's sales forecast for the next month, and no matter how good your numb...
As part of the ACE Leadership Training, we had several site visits to bring some of the real world into our discussions. The group visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial. The site was established in 2004 on the 10th Anniversary of the genocide in pa...
Navi Radjou (left) is a Silicon Valley-based strategy consultant and a Fellow at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge where Dr. Jaideep Prabhu (middle) is the Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Indian Business and Enterprise. Dr. Simone Ahuja...
What do your innovators want? What do they need from you? Earlier this month, we invited the HBR community on Twitter to share their personal insights into what they need to be at their most innovative. "What can your organizations do to help you?...
