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The Problem with Rewarding Individual Performers

Harvard Business Review

But by 2001, the once-dominant Buckeyes had slipped into mediocrity. Indeed, humans are unique among primates in that we readily cooperate with in-group members– even if they are completely unknown to us. This social relationship between leaders and followers is at the heart of transformational leadership.

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For Entrepreneurs, Three Ways to Control Your Destiny and Rekindle Joy

Harvard Business Review

Speaking out primes the market, builds anticipation, helps a radical idea sound familiar, and for those whose name becomes associated with the idea, thought leadership offers entree to circles of potential future backers and supporters. Artisans' cooperatives help market products from diverse artists.

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The Rise of UX Leadership

Harvard Business Review

For example, the now ubiquitous and much beloved Fiat 500 was first unveiled by Sergio Marchionne, no stranger to showmanship, at the Geneva Motorshow in 2004 following the buzz generated by the 2001 re-launch of the Mini-Cooper by BMW. Fortunately, there is a great training ground for new UX leadership: the startup market.

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Companies Should Take the Lead in Fixing the Middle-Skills Gap

Harvard Business Review

Realistically, that can happen on a large enough scale only if business leaders cooperate with one another, unions, and educational institutions, both regionally and nationally. Boston-based SkillWorks , founded in 2001, has placed more than half of the 500 displaced workers it has trained in new jobs.

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The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Harvard Business Review

To learn more about how Harvard Business School can help you prepare for the challenges of global leadership, visit the program website. Gulati, whose research explores leadership and strategic challenges for building high growth organizations in turbulent markets, is the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor at Harvard Business School.