Weekly Hotlist: Create a Growth Culture, Not a Performance-Obsessed One

 

Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser.

March 12, 2018 Create a Growth Culture, Not a Performance-Obsessed One By Tony Schwartz You need four things to do it.

Networking Why Your Inner Circle Should Stay Small, and How to Shrink It by Scott Gerber High-quality connections matter more than weak ties. Ethics Research: How One Bad Employee Can Corrupt a Whole Team by Stephen Dimmock, William C. Gerken It's easier to learn bad behavior than good. Time management What to Do If Calls, Texts, and Coworker Drop-bys Are Stressing You Out by Elizabeth Grace Saunders Communicating boundaries is key. Diversity For Women and Minorities to Get Ahead, Managers Must Assign Work Fairly by Joan C. Williams, Marina Multhaup Who's booking the conference room? Who's pitching the client? Design What Happens When Data Scientists and Designers Work Together by Jon Wettersten, Dean Malmgren How a sleep app became something users really wanted. Managing organizations 4 Things Successful Executives Do Differently by Ron Carucci Half of leaders fail in their first role. Assessing performance Research: Do People Really Get Promoted to Their Level of Incompetence? by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, Kelly Shue A study of 214 companies concludes the Peter Principle is real. Business models Why So Many High-Profile Digital Transformations Fail by Thomas H. Davenport, George Westerman The graveyard includes GE, Ford, Burberry, Nike, Lego, and P&G.

BEST SELLERS HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials | HBR's 10 Must Reads Boxed Set | HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations | HBR Guide to Better Business Writing | HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done

FEATURED PRODUCT Talent Wins By Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey Most executives today recognize the competitive advantage of human capital, and yet the talent practices their organizations use are stuck in the twentieth century. Turning conventional views of talent management on their heads, talent and leadership experts Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey provide leaders with a new and different playbook for acquiring, managing, and deploying talent—for today's agile, digital, analytical, technologically driven strategic environment—and for creating the HR function that business needs. Filled with examples of forward-thinking companies that have adopted radical new approaches to talent (such as ADP, Amgen, Blackstone, Haier, ING, Marsh, Tata Communications, Telenor, and Volvo), as well as the startups of Silicon Valley, this book provides deep, expert insight and advice for what needs to change and how to change it. Talent Wins is the definitive book for reimagining and creating a talent-driven organization that wins. $30.00 Buy Now

FEATURED PRODUCT HBR's 10 Must Reads on Entrepreneurship and Startups By Harvard Business Review, Steve Blank, Marc Andreessen, and Reid Hoffman The best entrepreneurs balance brilliant business ideas with a rigorous commitment to serving their customers' needs. If you read nothing else on entrepreneurship and startups, read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you build your company for enduring success. Leading experts and practitioners such as Clayton Christensen, Marc Andreessen, and Reid Hoffman provide the insights and advice that will inspire you to: Understand what makes entrepreneurial leaders tick; know what matters in a great business plan; adopt lean startup practices such as business model experimentation; be prepared for the race for scale in Silicon Valley; and more. $24.95 Buy Now

ADVERTISEMENT

HBR.ORG | TOPICS | THE MAGAZINE | BOOKS | CASES | STORE | SUBSCRIBE TO HBR UNSUBSCRIBE | NEWSLETTERS PRIVACY POLICY | CONTACT Copyright © 2018 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing 60 Harvard Way Boston, MA 02163 CUSTOMER SERVICE: 800-988-0886 (US/Canada) 1-617-783-7500 (outside the U.S. and Canada)