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Apr 2022
26m 10s

Working with Colleagues: Should You Coll...

Harvard Business Review
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Randall Peterson, founding director of the Leadership Institute at London Business School, studies coworker dynamics. He says lately, the idea of head-to-head competition for advancement has gone out of style in favor of a more cooperative ideal. In reality, he says, interpersonal relationships at work can be both. Sometimes you cooperate closely with collea ... Show More
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