Succession planning involves more than valuations and buy-sell agreements. Given all the blood, sweat, and tears you’ve put into your business, you don’t want to risk passing it to the wrong ...

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“Psychological safety is a belief that colleagues and managers absolutely expect candor from me,” says Edmondson. “They expect me to speak up with my ideas and concerns and questions, and that’s how ...

What would it be like to be initiated fully by your own internal authority? Most of us don’t even think about whether or not we are listening to an internal or an external authority. But we are—one or ...

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Time versus money. Institutional knowledge versus a fresh perspective. Tried and true tactics versus a novel approach. These are among the considerations for determining whether to keep your hiring ...