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August 11, 2014 Assess Your Cultural Profile By David Champion There are eight key dimensions.

Managing yourself Schedule a 15-Minute Break Before You Burn Out by Ron Friedman If you wait until you think you need one, it's already too late. Entrepreneurship VC Funding Can Be Bad For Your Start-Up by John Mullins Most successful entrepreneurs never take any venture capital. Managing people Save Your Next Staff Meeting From Itself by Costas Andriopoulos There are special rules for managing a team meeting. Decision making An Insider's Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal by Sue Decker Yahoo's former president talks about how it started and what they've learned. Marketing The Rebirth of the CMO by Peter Dahlstrom Digital disruption has breathed new life into the role. Communication The Best Leaders "Talk the Walk" by Bill Taylor Why words matter. Finance Venture Capitalists Get Paid Well to Lose Money by Diane Mulcahy The incentives are all wrong. Hiring The Question to Ask Before Hiring a Data Scientist by Michael Li Will your new hire produce analysis for humans or machines?

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