Learning to Collaborate at the Top

The July/August issue of HBR focuses on the issues around building collaboration into the workplace. It’s required reading for all of us. If you’ve spent any amount of time inside the walls of an organization, you understand the promise and perils of...

Beware the Pull of "Us Versus Them"

It’s easy to get caught up in departmental or team squabbles inside of organizations.  My advice: stay clear, stay out of it and learn to think and act for yourself. Some functional squabbles are legendary.  Sales versus Marketing.  Marketing versus Development....