• The One Skill All Leaders Should Work On | Scott Edinger
  blogs.hbr.org
  Assertiveness, according to HBR blogger Scott Edinger, has the "power to magnify so many other leadership strengths."
• When Your Influence Is Ineffective | Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe
  blogs.hbr.org
  "Influence becomes ineffective when individuals become so focused on the desired outcome that they fail to fully consider the situation," say Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe.
• BPM in Retail Industry | Sanjeev Sharma
  blogs.oracle.com
  Sanjeev Sharma shares links to a pair of blog posts that address common BPM use-cases in the Retail industry.
• Oracle VM: What if you have just 1 HDD system | Yury Velikanov
  www.pythian.com
  "To start playing with Oracle VM v3 you need to configure some storage to be used for new VM hosts," says Yury Velikanov. He shows you how in this post.

Thought for the Day

"Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure."

— Edsger Dijkstra