by Karina Mikhli for ActionableBooks.com The Learning Network and its’ weekends brought senior thought leaders in management and organizational development together on a regular basis, allowing them to compare notes on how they taught others. At one such weekend, during a brainstorming session, the topic of how they learned came up. This idea so fascinated

Theodore Kinni -Senior Editor, Books at strategy + business magazine: In late 1999, while still the 800-lb gorilla in the video rental market, Blockbuster Video called in some outside help to address its biggest customer complaint: late fees. One of the calls was to Michael Schrage, then research associate at MIT Media Lab, whose book,

by Stanford psychologist Dr. Carol Dweck-as reviewed in Brain Pickings: Dr. Dweck synthesizes in her remarkably insightful Mindset: The New Psychology of Success— an inquiry into the power of our beliefs, both conscious and unconscious, and how changing even the simplest of them can have profound impact on nearly every aspect of our lives. One

by Amy Gallo – contributing editor at Harvard Business Review: “The resume: there are so many conflicting recommendations out there. Should you keep it to one page? Do you put a summary up top? Do you include personal interests and volunteer gigs? This may be your best chance to make a good first impression, so

from McKinsey Quarterly- by Pierre Gurdjian, Thomas Halbeisen, and Kevin Lane: Sidestepping 4 common mistakes can help companies develop stronger and more capable leaders, save time and money, and boost morale. “We’ve talked with hundreds of chief executives about the struggle, observing both successful initiatives and ones that run into the sand. In the process,

from McKinsey Quarterly-by Nate Boaz and Erica Ariel Fox: Anyone who pulls the organization in new directions must look inward as well as outward. Leo Tolstoy, the Russian novelist, famously wrote, “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” Tolstoy’s dictum is a useful starting point for any executive engaged