The Best of the November Issue

Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. The Best of the November Issue   What's causing a stir in this month's HBR SUBSCRIBE TO HBR   |   VISIT HBR.ORG   |   READ THE NOVEMBER 2012 ISSUE Accelerate! by John Kotter Companies on the cutting edge of strategy execution are pulling off a neat trick. By recruiting networks of passionate volunteers willing to address urgent challenges on their own time, these firms become far more nimble while keeping their core operations efficient. Read the full article » ALSO POPULAR Your Commute Can Improve Your Relationship by Robert S. Wyer Moving physically in the same direction encourages people to move conceptually toward similar goals. Feeling warmth (like holding a hot cup of coffee) makes people feel more warmly toward — and more likely to agree with — one another. How can this be? Amazingly, researchers are finding remarkably consistent correlations between the physical and metaphorical worlds. Does Management Really Work? by Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Yes, certainly. (Did you think we'd say no?) But the real point here is how effective even the most minimal of management efforts are: setting stretch productivity targets; measuring them; basing compensation and promotions on whether you've met them. And how few companies do even that. ADVERTISEMENT MULTIMEDIA AUDIO: Campaign for Your Career What politicians do so well that you should, too. TIME LINE: Great Moments in Management The best thinking of the last 90 years. AUDIO: How Effective Leaders Talk (and Listen) They talk at work the way they talk among friends. HBR BLOG NETWORK Insight Center: Why Management Matters Three Diversity "Best Practices" That Hurt Women by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox A Business-Friendly Climate Agenda for Obama's Second Term by Eric Pooley FOLLOW HBR Introducing Mobile ManageMentor Powered by the proven content of Harvard ManageMentor™ iTunes >>    Android >> UNSUBSCRIBE   |   UPDATE YOUR PROFILE   |   MORE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS   |   PRIVACY POLICY Was this email forwarded to you? If so, sign up to start receiving your own copy. ABOUT THIS MAILING LIST You have received this message because you subscribed to the "HBR Monthly Update" email newsletter from Harvard Business Review. If at any point you wish to remove yourself from this list, change your email address, or sign up for other email newsletters and alerts, please visit the Harvard Business Review Email Newsletter Preference Center. OPT OUT If you do not wish to receive any email messages from Harvard Business Review, click here. ADVERTISE WITH HBR This enewsletter is read by thousands of decision makers every month. Learn more about connecting your brand with this audience. Copyright © 2012 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing | 60 Harvard Way | Boston, MA 02163 Customer Service: 800-545-7685 (+1-617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada)