Link Roundup for 30 September 2012

With the sheer number of writers on the Harvard Business Review Blog Network, there’s bound to be at least one article that grabs me each week. Here’s a collection of some of my favorite recent articles posted there.

• Rosabeth Moss Cantor looks at the imperfect balance between work and life.
• Mihir Desai talks about how CEO pay became a massive bubble.
• Justin Fox speculates about the economic record of the McCain Presidency.
• Peter Bregman explains how to work with someone you don’t like (and why you might not like them).
• Tony Schwartz warns “Whatever you feel compelled to do, don’t.”
• Dorie Clark wonders “Are you hurting your own cause?”
• Warren Berger shares the secret phrase top innovators use.
• Tony Schwartz returns and asks to be saved from the strengths-based organization.
• Heidi Grant Halvorson reflects on the advantages of self-compassion over self-esteem.