Weekly Hotlist: To Build Your Resilience, Ask Yourself Two Simple Questions

 

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June 19, 2017 To Build Your Resilience, Ask Yourself Two Simple Questions By Srikumar Rao You may surprise yourself and find good in the bad.

Leading teams How to Handle Underperformers on a Team You Inherit by Ron Ashkenas Set high, clear expectations right away. Leadership transitions When Leaders Are Hired for Talent but Fired for Not Fitting In by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Clarke Murphy Companies underestimate the importance of culture fit. Change management How to Communicate Clearly During Organizational Change by Elsbeth Johnson Unscramble your signals. Economics Is America Encouraging the Wrong Kind of Entrepreneurship? by Robert E. Litan, Ian Hathaway Two trends suggest yes. Hiring 7 Practical Ways to Reduce Bias in Your Hiring Process by Rebecca Knight Start by reworking your job descriptions. Leadership Feeling Powerful at Work Makes Us Feel Worse When We Get Home by Trevor A. Foulk, Klodiana Lanaj Researchers primed 108 managers to feel powerful and then studied what happened. Mergers & acquisitions Amazon, Whole Foods, and the Future of the (Old) New Economy by Bill Taylor The logic of either-or competition has given way to the power of both-and competition. Change management Value-Based Care Alone Won't Reduce Health Spending and Improve Patient Outcomes by David J. Bailey Health systems also need to eliminate waste and address social determinants of wellness.

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