Strategy

… and Why It Matters

Today’s Tuesday Reading is an essay by Julian Koh, Associate Director of Telecommunications and Network Services at Northwestern University. Julian is an alumnus of the MOR Leaders Program. [He may be reached at  <kohster@northwestern.edu>.] 
 
 

In a 2015 Interact/Harris Poll of some 1000 U.S. workers, 91% of the respondents said communication issues prevent leaders from being as effective as they might be. The most frequent issues noted in the survey were: 

- Upping your game

… How many have you asked today?

The importance of being able to ask and actually asking questions is verbalized in these four quotes:

… Sometimes it is actually better to stop, and not finish. Really?

Thursday will be the 243^rd anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4^th, 1776.

…Helpful thoughts for the next steps in your life’s journey

…and Don’t Do

Several times over the past few years, the Tuesday Reading has focused on biases:

… Let it go.