Breaking the Smartphone Addiction
| May 14, 2012 |
In her new book, Sleeping With Your Smartphone, Leslie Perlow explains how high-powered consultants disconnected from their mobile devices for a few hours every week—and how they became more productive as a result. Such "predictable time off" might help phone-addled employees better control their workdays and lives.
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
| May 16, 2012 |
Costs tend to rise in all organizations unless managers and their staffs have the motivation and skill to control them. Professor emeritus J. Ronald Fox analyzes this phenomenon during 50 years of US military overspending.
First Look: May 15
| May 15, 2012 |
Connecting Home Depot … Explaining coordination's role in collaboration … Enabling venture funding in Brazil.
Can the "Leadership Industry" Fulfill Its Promise?
| May 2, 2012 |
Forum open: Firms are spending a great deal on programs to train leaders lately, while, at the same time, followers seem to be exercising more and more power. Jim Heskett asks readers whether leadership is really teachable, and, if so, how we should measure its success. What do YOU think?
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