The Brief
These articles come from the RelSci 5, our weekly newsletter for and about organizational leaders. Its curated articles and insights revolve around a different theme each week to help you do your job better. Choose the email you want: Business, Finance or Nonprofit.
These articles come from the RelSci 5, our weekly newsletter for and about organizational leaders. Its curated articles and insights revolve around a different theme each week to help you do your job better. Choose the email you want: Business, Finance or Nonprofit.
1. How Hostess got its groove back.
#orgculture
We all remember where we were when Hostess announced its closure–after 2 bankruptcies and a slew of failed CEOs–in 2012. The outrage was immediate and intense. But like a Twinkie’s squishy pastry jacket, Hostess sprang back. How it did so is a classic American tale of ingenuity, streamlining and creamy filling.
2. Thought leadership.
#relationshipmanagement
There’s nothing like a meeting to squash original thought. The vilification of groupthink has led some organizational behaviorists to advocate for meeting-free operations. But, not so fast. Face-to-face time has its advantages. Here’s how, as meeting leader, you can keep the most egregious of the collective biases at bay.
3. Impostor Syndrome or confidence problem?
#behavioraleconomics
Women are told to lean toward overconfidence as a way of combatting the drag of Impostor Syndrome. But what if confidence is not the real issue.
4. The 7 networking skills every leader must have.
#leadership
Whether or not you’re on your company’s sales team, you have a stake, and therefore a level of responsibility, in its business and revenue generation strategy. Your boss knows that, and she’ll expect you to contribute where you can—leveraging your network contacts to connect with prospective clients, gather referrals and court potential partners. With that in mind, here are seven vital networking behaviors you’d better add to your repertoire if you want to impress, and maybe one day become, the brass.
5. The deal behind Netflix’s earnings.
#industrynews
The streaming content provider announced this week earnings per share that were nearly half of what analysts were predicting. So, naturally, the stock took off. Apparently, investors are okay with disappointment, perhaps because the company beat net new subscriber predictions, is growing its original content and is expanding globally. Or maybe they’re just really big fans of Kimmy Schmidt.
Our burning questions:
Our burning questions:
- Does the fact that Neflix has a bigger market value than CBS spell doom for TV-based competitors like HBO?
- For that matter, is Netflix the Great Television Destroyer?
- Who at Netflix is most likely to lead the charge toward global dominance?
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