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May 14, 2018 Why Talented People Don't Use Their Strengths By Whitney Johnson Encourage your employees to do what they're best at.

Meetings How to Get Yourself Invited to Important Meetings by Nina A. Bowman Secure your seat at the table. Organizational culture Why Great Employees Leave "Great Cultures" by Melissa Daimler Does your company practice what it preaches? Communication Tips for Reading the Room Before a Meeting or Presentation by Rebecca Knight How to increase your social awareness. Decision making What It Takes to Think Deeply About Complex Problems by Tony Schwartz Three ways to embrace a more nuanced, spacious perspective. Corporate governance How Netflix Redesigned Board Meetings by David Larcker, Brian Tayan Directors get to actually observe company meetings. Strategy A 40-Year Debate Over Corporate Strategy Gets Revived by Elon Musk and Warren Buffett by Walter Frick Which matters more: "moats" or innovation? Innovation To Innovate Like a Startup, Make Decisions Like VCs Do by David Kidder, John Geraci It's not enough to be lean. Gender 4 Ways Women Can Break Barriers by Breaking the Rules by Francesca Gino Overcome the challenges of being stereotyped.

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