Friday Features: 09-August-2019
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BY Sigal Barsade et AL. via Knowledge @Wharton
A quarter of U.S. entrepreneurial ventures fail after a year. More than half don’t make it past year five. Given that, how do entrepreneurs react to a downturn in their financial situations? Do they cut their losses and close up shop, or do they hang in there? That may depend on the makeup and the closeness of the team involved in decision-making, particularly if they are friends. A new report from Wharton and City University of London finds that “hope trumps fear” when it comes to entrepreneurs dealing with potential failure.
BY Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries via INSEAD KNOWLEDGE
Most of the world’s populist movements are characterised by being against something, whatever it is. They challenge the existing values of society, rather than proposing a positive alternative identity – the kind that would enable us as a community to move forward with purpose and direction
BY David Michels via BAIN INSIGHTS
Digitalization is fueling a renaissance in EQ. As digitalization, broadly defined, continues its revolutionary march through the business world, it brings profound implications for the human workforce. If we thought EQ was an “or,” it’s actually turned out to be an “and.” Rather than sideline EQ, digitalization has actually made it more important..
BY Feline Mollerus & Liz Pfeffer via Accenture Insights
Do you notice it gets harder and harder for a company to engage employees and retain talent? Have you, yourself, ever considered working somewhere else, where the grass is greener? Is your workplace disruptive, sustainable and are you using the newest of the newest digital collaboration tools?
BY Tony SchwArtz & Emily Pines via Forbes
"More, bigger, faster is better” has been the mantra of free-market capitalism ever since the Industrial Revolution.The result is an epidemic of overload, overwhelm, and burnout among employees at all levels in companies around the world.
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