Weekly Hotlist: Morning People Are Less Ethical at Night

 

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July 01, 2014 Morning People Are Less Ethical at Night By Christopher M. Barnes And night owls cheat more in the morning, according to new research.

Managing people How to Help an Underperformer by Amy Gallo First, see if you're the problem. Entrepreneurship More Women Starting Businesses Isn't Necessarily Good News by Morra Aarons-Mele The underlying causes are nothing to cheer about. Innovation Patents Are Eating the World and Hurting Innovation by Walter Frick Litigation is out of control. Managing yourself When to Schedule Your Most Important Work by Ron Friedman And the ideal time for a dull staff meeting. Managing people Good Managers Look Beyond Their "Usual Suspects" by Ron Ashkenas If your most trusted people are spread too thin, they won't get much done. Communication Say No Without Burning Bridges by Holly Weeks Learn how to stay neutral. Strategy How to Succeed in Business by Bundling – and Unbundling by Justin Fox Marc Andreessen and Jim Barksdale explain how the business world is being taken apart and put back together. Managing yourself Do You Really Want to Be Yourself at Work? by Andrea Ovans Some people don't.

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