Weekly Hotlist: Are You Sure You Want to Be a Manager?

 

September 25, 2015 Are You Sure You Want to Be a Manager? By Joseph Grenny Here's how to decide.

Presentations Getting an Audience to Remember Your Presentation by Art Markman Designing better presentations with cognitive science. Education Who's Benefiting from MOOCs, and Why by Chen Zhenghao, Brandon Alcorn, Gayle Christensen, Nicholas Eriksson, Daphne Koller, Ezekiel J. Emanuel New survey data from Coursera. Regulation Assessing the Sins of Volkswagen, Toyota, and General Motors by Jeffrey Liker What's going on in the auto industry? Leading teams 3 Things Managers Should Be Doing Every Day by Linda A. Hill, Kent Lineback Building trust, building a team, building a network. Collaboration How to Build the Social Ties You Need at Work by Amy Gallo It's not OK to eat lunch alone every day. Leadership & Managing people Empathy Is Still Lacking in the Leaders Who Need It Most by Ernest J. Wilson III And they'll struggle to succeed without it. Gender Explaining Gender Differences at the Top by Francesca Gino, Alison Wood Brooks Studies suggest that women may not assume high-level positions out of fear they would have to compromise other life goals. Leadership transitions Why Managers Are More Likely to Be Depressed by David Burkus Your new role feels hard because it is.

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