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Podcast: New Books in Business, Management, and Marketing
Episode: Scott Sonenshein, "Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less and Achieve More Than You Ever Imagined" (HarperCollins, 2017)
Description: We often think the key to success and satisfaction is to get more: more money, time, and possessions; bigger budgets, job titles, and teams; and additional resources for our professional and personal goals. It turns out we're wrong.Using captivating stories to illustrate research in psychology and management, Rice University professor Scott Sonenshein examines why some people and organizations succeed with so little, while others fail with so much. People and organizations approach resources in two different ways: "chasing" and "stretching." When chasing, we exhaust ourselves in the pursuit of more. When stretching, we embrace the resources...