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Using Underdog Narratives To Motivate Teams

The Horizons Tracker

” Fighting spirit For instance, consider Apple’s situation in 2001 just before launching the iPod, when the company was facing difficult times. However, Apple’s commitment to innovation and its collective underdog identity revolutionized the way people interact with technology.

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Veterans Among the Best Civilian Leaders

Strategy Driven

When it’s time to hire for critical positions within your company, consider the training and certification in military systems offered to service men and women. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for this most recent group of transitioning service members is 5.8 percent while the overall unemployment rate is 4.9

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What U2 and the US Navy Have in Common: Connecting with Core Employees

Michael Lee Stallard

The Value Bridge Admiral Clark described his strategy as using the Navy’s “asymmetrical advantages” of the “best technology in the world” combined with the “genius of our people.” Admiral Clark’s description of who sailors are as members of the U.S. He made certain the Navy’s plans and budgets were aligned with his priorities.

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Why WikiLeaks Matters More (And Less) than You Think

Harvard Business Review

Why, for example, can't we have continuously updated earnings releases — that let us see what companies are earning in real-time — for a continuously connected world? My guess is that, like updating GDP for the 21st century, real-time corporate reporting could create new markets, companies, and much-needed jobs.

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The Tempting of Rajat Gupta

Harvard Business Review

Between 1994 when he was first elected and 2001, in his third term, the Firm more than doubled its number of consultants (3,300 to 7,700), partners (425 to 891), and annual revenues ($1.5 Among McKinsey's biggest clients in the 1990s were pharmaceuticals and financial-services companies. billion to $3.4

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

The company cried ‘case study’ from the very beginning, when it segued from the former Houston Natural Gas moniker. Any company or organization is like a tree. None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). by Hank Moore.