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September 05, 2013 Research: To Reduce E-mail, Get Execs to Send Fewer Messages By Andrew O'Connell A visual look at how dramatic the time savings can be.

Customers Let Your Customers Streamline Your Business by Ron Ashkenas They're the first ones to ask about which activities you should kill. Execution The More Things Change, the More Our Objections to Change Stay the Same by Bill Taylor Five ways to make real progress. Managing yourself Your Nice Boss May Be Killing Your Career by Greg McKeown Undermanagement can be as serious a problem as micromanagement. Innovation How Industry Giants Can Create Corporate Breakthroughs by Scott Anthony It's not by replicating the start-up model. Gender Confronted with Attractive Female Opponents, Male Chess Players Take Greater Risks by Andrew O'Connell Female players aren't affected by their male opponents' attractiveness. Entrepreneurship The Global Rise of Female Entrepreneurs by Jackie VanderBrug They're 224 million strong, and growing.

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