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The outcomes of different choices are connected, and understanding those connections can transform how we search for the right job, the right market, or the right strategy.
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Shifting between abstract and concrete thinking can help us prepare for unexpected events.
You have to have a level of empathy, especially at a leadership level, to show people that you care.
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Class Takeaways — How to Build Connection Through Better Listening
Five lessons in five minutes: Professor Christian Wheeler shares how to have deeper, more productive conversations.
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January 17, 2017
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Turns Out That Opposites Don’t Attract After All
A study of “digital footprints” suggests that you’re probably drawn to personalities a lot like yours.
January 12, 2017
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Do Funders Care More About Your Team, Your Idea, or Your Passion?
A new study asked hundreds of VCs to rank the factors that drive their investment decisions.
January 06, 2017
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Do Corporate Boards Pick the Best CEOs?
Research shows what happens to succession winners and losers.
December 26, 2016
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What Matters Most to Top Business and Political Leaders
Meg Whitman, Mitt Romney, and others share their priorities in life.
December 19, 2016
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A Look Back at 2016
Read 10 Stanford Business stories from the past year, including pieces on work-life balance, power, and management.
December 15, 2016
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Seven Popular Business Videos of 2016
Faculty and guest speakers on topics ranging from storytelling to simplicity.
December 14, 2016
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How to Build a Better Startup Team
Take time to ensure that your earliest hires fit your company culture.
December 13, 2016
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10 Steps to Perfect Your Startup Pitch
Startup guru Guy Kawasaki explains why asking investors for money is like online dating.
December 06, 2016
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Bringing a Business Mindset to Educating Visually Impaired Students
The country’s oldest school for blind students turns to mobile apps, online courses, and driverless cars.
December 01, 2016
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Former Treasury Secretary Paulson: Be Ready to Change Course
Henry Paulson led one of the biggest government bailouts in history. Here he shares what he’s learned about leadership and career planning.
November 21, 2016
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Warriors Owner Joe Lacob: A Relentless Pursuit of Excellence
Lacob explains what it takes to turn around a basketball team — and a business.
November 14, 2016
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Inside Sports Management
How executives make the tough calls in a demanding industry.
November 03, 2016
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John Donahoe: Dump the Myth of the High Achiever
The former CEO of eBay encourages students to build a life outside of work and find creative solutions to problems.
October 14, 2016
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Three Problems with Top-Down Teams (and How to Fix Them)
A researcher shows how to encourage participation, influence, and even conflict.
October 06, 2016
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A Data-Driven Guide to Becoming an Effective Boss
A good boss shares a vision, teaches well, and helps employees meet their career goals.
October 04, 2016
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Authenticity Can Help LGBTQ Leaders Be More Effective
Being open about who you are can help you succeed.
September 26, 2016
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10 Tips For Giving Effective Virtual Presentations
What to know before you go live.
September 15, 2016
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Why Are Law Firms Failing on Diversity?
A new study finds that the trend toward external hiring may be partly to blame.
September 09, 2016
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Riding the Feedback Loop to Authentic Self-Expression
How the lessons of improv theater help business leaders become their true, powerful selves.
August 22, 2016
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For Wikipedia’s Army of Volunteer Editors, Content Begets Content
A new study quantifies the “cumulative growth effect” in online content production platforms.
August 18, 2016
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Use Social Influences to Be a Better Manager
A new book shows how you can create a better team by recognizing people’s needs to stand out, fit in, and shape their identities.
August 09, 2016
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The Subtle, and Unsubtle, Influence of “Colorism”
Stanford GSB alumna Chika Okoro challenges America’s image-makers to think before they cast.
July 28, 2016
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How Women Can Overcome Bias At Work
Why women have stalled and what can be done about it.
July 27, 2016
Written
The Dangers of Power
One scholar shows how you can gain more power, and why you should be leery.
