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Patrick Lencioni on “Leadership and The New Pope”

August 22, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Patrick Lencioni for his “Pat’s POV” series featured at his website. To read the complete article, check out all the other resources, and sign up for email alerts, please click here.…

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Patrick Lencioni on “The Dangers of Dishonest Marketing”

August 5, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Patrick Lencioni for his “Pat’s POV” series featured at his website. To read the complete article, check out all the other resources, and sign up for email alerts, please click here.…

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Clayton Christensen on “The Discipline of Managing Disruption”

May 1, 2013

To Harvard professor Clayton Christensen, coauthor of How Will You Measure Your Life?, a primary task of leadership is asking questions that anticipate great challenges. Here is a brief excerpt from an interview conducted by Art Kleiner for strategy+business magazine,…

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The Agility Factor

April 30, 2013

A few large companies in every industry show consistently superior profitability relative to their peers, and they all have one thing in common: a highly developed capacity to adapt their business to change. Here is a brief excerpt from an…

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A Corporate Climate of Mutual Help

April 29, 2013

Edgar Schein, MIT’s sage of organizational culture, explains why the quest for accountability should start with interdependence. Here is a brief excerpt from an interview of him conducted by Art Kleiner and Rutger von Post for strategy+business magazine, published by…

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Scaling Up Social Media: three capabilities for building better online consumer relationships

October 10, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Christopher Vollmer and Karen Premo featured in strategy+business magazine, published by Bain & Company. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free online resources, sign up for email alerts,…

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What “Living Differentiation” is and why it is so important to business success

May 19, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by James Allen for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. *    …

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Patrick Lencioni on “the three signs of a miserable job”

January 21, 2012

Recent research by highly-reputable firms such as Gallup and TowersWatson suggest that, on average, at least 70% of employees in a U.S. workplace are either passively engaged (“mailing it in”) or actively disengaged, undermining the success of operations. In his…

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The Lords of Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

October 6, 2011

The Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World Walter Kiechel III Harvard Business Press (2010) A unique aristocracy of iconoclasts Kiechel suggests that understanding what he calls the “strategy revolution” requires getting beyond three common…

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Chris Zook: An interview by Bob Morris

March 9, 2011

A partner at Bain & Company,  Chris Zook is co-leader of the firm’s Global Strategy Practice. Zook’s work has focused on companies searching for new sources of profitable growth, in a wide range of industries. His published works include Profit…

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