By Vineet Chopra, MD and Sanjay Saint, MD // This article was originally posted on hbr.org. As academic physicians, we do a lot of mentoring. Over the course of our careers, and through our formal research on mentoring within and outside of academia, we’ve found that good mentoring is discipline-agnostic. Whether you’re a mentor to […]
By Claudio Feser, Nicolai Nielsen, and Michael Rennie // This article was originally posted on mckinsey.com. Only a few actions matter, and they require the CEO’s attention. Organizations have always needed leaders who are good at recognizing emerging challenges and inspiring organizational responses. That need is intensifying today as leaders confront, among other things, digitization, the […]
By Justin Talbot-Zorn and Leigh Marz // This article was originally posted on hbr.org. In a recent interview with Vox’s Ezra Klein, journalist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates argued that serious thinkers and writers should get off Twitter. It wasn’t a critique of the 140-character medium or even the quality of the social media discourse in the age of fake […]
By Jenny Che // This article was originally posted on huffingtonpost.com. The United Kingdom is taking a proactive approach to promoting mental health in the workplace. Prime Minister David Cameron met with British business leaders earlier this week to discuss how to better foster a work culture that encourages people to take care of their […]
By Joseph Stromberg This article originally appeared on Vox.com. In many corners of our productivity-obsessed society, naps are associated with laziness. Everyone should sleep eight hours at night, the thinking goes, and work all through the day. But that’s backward. After all, the solid eight-hour block of sleep is a relatively recent invention. Until the […]
You have to be kind to people who are rude to you. By Dr. Travis Bradberry This article originally appeared on the The Huffington Post. Despite West Point Military Academy’s rigorous selection process, one in five students drop out by graduation day. A sizeable number leave the summer before freshman year, when cadets go through […]
Top business leaders often spend five hours per week doing deliberate learning. By Empact This post originally appeared on Inc.com. In the article “Malcolm Gladwell Got Us Wrong,” the researchers behind the 10,000-Hour Rule set the record straight: Different fields require different amounts of deliberate practice in order for someone to become world-class. If 10,000 hours […]
By David Rock and Heidi Grant This post originally appeared on hbr.org. Striving to increase workplace diversity is not an empty slogan — it is a good business decision. A 2015 McKinsey report on 366 public companies found that those in the top quartile for ethnic and racial diversity in management were 35% more likely to have […]
By Jason Forrest This post originally appeared on Entrepreneur. “When your teammate looks you in the eye and holds you accountable, that’s the greatest kind of leadership there is,” Philadelphia 76ers Coach Doug Collins said. When you hold team members accountable, it’s a way of expressing that you value them and their place on the team. Even after […]
By Rebecca Knight This post originally appeared on hbr.org. Having a good boss — someone who stands up for you, who buffers you from interoffice politics, and who competently represents your team to the rest of the company — is a wonderful thing. Except when it’s harmful to your career. If you aren’t visible to […]
