Weekly Hotlist: Defining Strategy, Implementation, and Execution

 

April 06, 2015 Defining Strategy, Implementation, and Execution By Ken Favaro The three are different, though their boundaries are hard to draw.

Technology What MIT Is Learning About Online Courses and Working from Home by Sarah Green An interview with Peter Hirst, director of Executive Education at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Stress How to Overcome Burnout and Stay Motivated by Rebecca Knight What to do if your work is sapping too much energy. Career planning When You Realize You'll Never Get Your Dream Job by Stew Friedman Adjusting your expectations is healthy. Decision making Test Yourself: Are You Being Tricked by Intuition? by John Beshears, Shane Frederick, and Francesca Gino Three questions. Managing people What Great Managers Do to Engage Employees by James Harter and Amy Adkins New research from Gallup. Productivity All the Charts, Tables, and Checklists You Need to Conduct Better Meetings by Gretchen Gavett Read this before you send that calendar invite. Managing people High-Pressure Jobs and Mental Illness by Diane Coutu An executive with mental illness reflects on the Germanwings crash. Information & technology What Popular Baby Names Teach Us About Data Analytics by Kaiser Fung Best practices from an unexpected source.

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