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July 26, 2013 The Women Who Become Board Members By HBR IdeaCast Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell, authors of the HBR article "Dysfunction in the Boardroom."

Government Does the Fed Chair Need to Be a Great Manager, or Just a Great Economist? by Walter Frick History suggests economic beliefs matter more than anything else IT management Are We Asking Too Much of Our CIOs? by Terri Griffith The answer is, yes — if we don't give them the support they need. Global business Coping With Change in Emerging Markets by Anil Gupta and Haiyan Wang Your strategy doesn't have to fall out-of-sync with reality. Customers Be the Company Customers Can't Live Without by Omar Hussain A CEO explains why it made sense to narrow his young company's focus. Social enterprise Create a Crowd Competition That Works by Ahmad Ashkar Open-ended challenges are rarely successful. Managing people Be Careful How You Praise People by Andrew O'Connell When you give praise, you put people at risk for overconfidence.

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