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July 15, 2013 Leaders, Choose Your Words Wisely By Douglas R. Conant At a critical moment, a few words can make a big difference.

Organizational culture Think Carefully About Where You Put the Office Bathroom by Gretchen Gavett Why the placement of your office bathroom matters, and why most companies don't value reasoned debate. These stories and more in this week's scouting report on provocative ideas for business. Networking When You've Done Enough, Do More by Mark Goulston and John Ullmen For real influence, don't think in tit-for-tat terms. Leadership development Rethinking the Work of Leadership by Dan Pontefract What are you doing to escape the limits of top-down power structures? Decision making What to Ask Your "Numbers People" by Tom Davenport Key questions (and their follow-ups) to advance your next metrics project. Ethics What Would You Do Differently If You Could See Yourself 20 Years Older? by Andrew O'Connell People are less inclined to behave unethically if they see images of their older selves.

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