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October 25, 2013 What the Best Decision Makers Do By HBR IdeaCast Ram Charan, coauthor of "Boards that Lead," talks about what he's learned in three decades of helping executives make tough decisions.

Operations Megastores Want to Be Like Mom-and-Pop Shops… Sort Of by Denise Lee Yohn Customers want local, so national chains are trying to adapt. Negotiating Empathetic Negotiation Saved My Company by Charalambos Vlachoutsicos Putting ourselves in our supplier's shoes averted a cross-cultural crisis. Government The Sequestration Cuts that Are Harming Health Care by John E. McDonough Automatic budget cuts are still leaving deep wounds, nearly eight months on. Operations In Praise of Electronically Monitoring Employees by Andrew McAfee Controversial anti-theft software has made restaurant employees more productive. Marketing Research: The Emotions that Make Marketing Campaigns Go Viral by Kelsey Libert Heat maps of viral content show what compels us to share. Your Status Depends Partly on Your Upward or Downward Momentum by The Daily Stat Did you rise to your current position or decline to it? Decision making Make Better Decisions by Getting Outside Your Social Bubble by Scott Berinato All good decisions are social. Not all social decisions are good.

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