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November 20, 2013 When the Truth Is Your Only Chance By Peter Bregman Take a risk and be honest with your boss.

Time management Defend Your Research: Working Long Hours Used to Hurt Your Wages — Now It Helps Them by Sarah Green And because men work longer hours, they benefit more than women. Government The Chinese Steamroller Is Already Sputtering by Justin Fox Josef Joffe says China is following a path blazed by Germany and Japan — and it's starting to get bumpy. Decision making You've Got the Information But What Does It Mean? Welcome to "From Data to Action" by Andrew O'Connell Learn to tune out the noise and focus on the signal. Managing people Who Wants to Work for a Woman? by Joan C. Williams More people than in 1953, but there's plenty of evidence that the glass is still resounding, maddeningly, and persistently half empty. Human resources Trouble with the Curve? Why Microsoft is Ditching Stack Rankings by Marcus Buckingham The problem with common performance ratings. Entrepreneurship A New Model for Innovation in Big Companies by Beth Altringer Why injecting veteran entrepreneurs into an established business can work wonders. Entrepreneurship Countries Full of Mistrustful People Are Less Entrepreneurial by The Daily Stat Interpersonal trust reduces the uncertainties associated with engaging in business. Crisis management Is Your Next Great CEO a Management Consultant? by Gretchen Gavett Companies shouldn't overlook this unorthodox path to the C-suite.

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