The Halo Effect: Why Your Best Hire Might Be Your Worst Decision

January’s here, which makes this the perfect time to address one of the most expensive biases in business. The fresh start effect—a behavioral science principle showing that temporal landmarks like New Year’s Day boost our motivation to change—gives us that extra push to tackle hard truths (Dai et al., 2014). Here’s one worth facing: …

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