by Sergio Gustavo Vera | Oct 20, 2015 | Professional Development, Related Articles
By Kenneth Mikkelsen, HBR Org. As Juan Manuel Fangio exited the chicane before the blind Tabac corner in the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, he stomped on the brake. It was a counterintuitive reaction for a racing driver exiting a corner — but one that likely saved his...
by Sergio Gustavo Vera | Oct 13, 2015 | Professional Development, Related Articles
By Marty Fukuda Ockham’s Razor states that all things being equal, the simplest and most direct solution with the fewest number of steps is usually the correct answer to any problem. It’s a powerful philosophy named after William of Ockham who...
by Sergio Gustavo Vera | Oct 8, 2015 | Professional Development, Related Articles
Tactics are sexy. It’s inspiring and fun to whip out some sweet new technique that will rock your marketing, shake up the industry and blow away the competition. But for most entrepreneurs, business success is not born from tactics. It’s born from those subtle,...
by Sergio Gustavo Vera | Oct 6, 2015 | Professional Development, Related Articles
By Joseph Grenny. In the past 30 years, I’ve given more than 3,000 speeches to audiences across the world. Presentations have been such a central part of my work that many who know me best have been surprised to learn how much anxiety they used to cause me. Still, I...
by Sergio Gustavo Vera | Oct 6, 2015 | Related Articles, Workplace Productivity
Maura Thomas, Harvard Business Review Our dysfunctional relationship with work email has become so normal, I’m not sure most of us can even see it anymore. Typical is this quote from the recent article, “How Successful People Spend Their Weekends”: “I never go...
by Sergio Gustavo Vera | Oct 6, 2015 | Professional Development, Related Articles
Whitney Johnson, Harvard Business Review We’ve all hit a wall at some point. You may run up against a competitor you cannot beat. You might lose your job despite your best efforts. You could be doing everything you can – but still not getting that promotion....