Weekly Hotlist: Is It Better to Be Strategic or Opportunistic?

 

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May 19, 2014 Is It Better to Be Strategic or Opportunistic? By Sarah Cliffe A conversation with Don Sull on whether competitive advantage still means anything.

Managing people With Flextime, Bosses Prefer Early Birds to Night Owls by Christopher M. Barnes Even though they work the same number of hours. Technology That Mad Men Computer, Explained by HBR in 1969 by Andrea Ovans An IBM engineer offered cautions that are still true today. Gender Jill Abramson's Ouster: Why Aren't Standards This High For Male Leaders? by Sarah Green Let's start asking all managers to be less "brusque." Strategy Alibaba Looks More Like GE than Google by Walter Frick The Chinese internet giant is reviving a model the West gave up on years ago. Managing yourself How to Deal with a Slacker Coworker by Carolyn O'Hara Should you tell the boss or mind your own business? Decision making When to Pass on a Great Business Opportunity by Andrew Campbell Three tests to help you decide. Innovation The Persuasive Pressure of Peer Rankings by Robyn Bolton A powerful new way to change consumer behavior. Managing people The Best Leaders Are Humble Leaders by Jeanine Prime New research suggests that altruism makes employees more innovative and engaged.

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