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The Best Leaders Use Intuition

In an excerpt from her new book, Yale SOM’s Emma Seppälä writes that drawing on instinct as well as analysis can help us make better decisions.

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  • How Do You Build a Team Culture in a Global Company?

    Rajeev Dubey ’82, president of human resources at Mahindra & Mahindra, on developing leaders with the mindset to think globally and creatively, while fostering great teamwork.

    How Do You Build a Team Culture in a Global Company?
  • How Do Multinationals Keep Up with Globalization?

    McKinsey’s Dominic Barton describes how firms can develop the agility for a faster-paced, more connected future.

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  • Can You Work without Silos?

    Gillian Tett on why silos are detrimental to global organizations and how to get out of them.

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  • Can the American Civil Religion Bridge the Partisan Divide?

    Yale sociologist Philip Gorski on our competing national narratives and what they mean for contemporary politics.

  • Is Your Organization Like Mrs. Winchester’s House?

    Sarah Winchester's sprawling mansion, built over decades with no master plan, is an great analogy for how many organizations have been constructed.

  • Where Does Gender Bias Remain?

    Cathy Ashton, the former high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs, on the structural and implicit biases that keep women from getting equal access to many opportunities.

  • How Do You Encourage Innovation?

    Experts discuss how to manage, organize, hire, and reward for innovation.

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  • How DuPont's Directors Failed

    CEO Ellen Kullman's departure is one of many examples of dysfunctional corporate boards making rash decisions.

  • What’s Your Mission?

    Yale SOM’s James Baron on the ingredients for an effective mission statement.

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  • How Do You Become a Leader?

    Herminia Ibarra of INSEAD on the personal evolution required to transition into a leadership position.