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July 11, 2013 The Curse of the B Team By John Beeson Are your B players standing in the way of your future leaders?

Innovation The Two Questions to Ask Before You Innovate by Scott Anthony What's this project for, exactly? How are we measuring success? Innovation The Dinosaurs of Cannes by John Winsor How the ad industry must evolve. Personal effectiveness The Fatal Flaw with Anger Management Programs by Steven Berglas Difficult feelings are incredibly difficult to stifle, and stifling backfires. Finance How Startups Overcome the Capital Gap by Sramana Mitra VCs may ignore ideas for smaller companies, but entrepreneurs who bootstrap can find success. Communication Why So Many Leadership Programs Ultimately Fail by Peter Bregman You can't just learn about communication. You have to do it. Customers Should Your Website Be Using Adaptive Design? by Igor Faletski Your customers need different things depending on which device they use. Customers Airline Customers Just Want to Know What's Happening by Amy Webb The travel industry is particularly bad when it comes to keeping customers informed. Productivity Do You Work Until You've Earned Enough, or Until You're Just Too Tired to Work More? by Andrew O'Connell Today's productivity advances lead many of us to overearn. Talent management Three Myths About Your Strengths by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman They're not causing your weaknesses.

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