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Analysis: Honesty Can Backfire in a Performance Review

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In a recent analysis by Ivan Marinovic of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, it was found that honest appraisals actually boost costs and cut profits because they increase the chances of erratic efforts that people put into their jobs. When can telling the truth be counter-productive? During a performance evaluation.

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The One Thing That May Lead to Better Hires

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Specifically, the authors of the study -- Sameer Srivastava of the University of California, Berkeley, and Govin Manian and Christopher Potts of Stanford University -- used linguistic analysis to look at more than 10 million internal emails sent from a technology company from 2009 to 2014.

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Why Every Employee Must Understand Digital Transformation

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A recent Strategy&’s analysis finds that 16 bellwether sectors, such as aviation and utilities, must not just embrace new and unexpected forms for digitization and technological innovation, but must also use them to reform their current business models. Digital transformation is really a different way of thinking,” he says.

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Why Your LinkedIn Photo Sucks

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A recent analysis of 2,000 LinkedIn photos from a variety of industries by JDP, a risk mitigation company, finds that those in real estate, human resources, marketing and sales get the highest marks when it comes to framing, lighting, resolution, attire, facial expression and photo origins (selfie, cropped from a group, professionally shot, etc.)

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Why You Don't Want to Rely on Gut Instinct

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Make sure you're doing a good analysis of data and not just using it to prop up your opinion. Among their thoughts: Don't rely on your gut. Just because you have data doesn't mean you're making a sound decision. You can rig that data to align with what you really want to do. Let others challenge you.

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Why You Need to Get Emotional With Customers

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In a look at customer experience data , a Forrester analysis finds that it is emotion – more than effectiveness or ease – that drives customer loyalty. They’re not the only ones who are underscoring the importance of the customers’ emotional experience.

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3 Things to Remember When Turning Down a Job Offer

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I really want to do more field work, rather than analysis in the office." But you can say something like: "The more I thought about the job, the more I realized that it just wasn't the direction I wanted to take my career. Be appreciative.