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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Great Leadership By Dan

The following functional areas exist within XYZ Widget: Finance, HR/Admin, Sales, Customer Service, Planning & Procurement, Materials Management, Manufacturing, and Quality Control. The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership-Powered Company , Authors: Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, James Noel; Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2001.

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How Share-Price Fixation Killed Enron

Harvard Business Review

In December, 2001, just prior to filing for bankruptcy, Enron Corporation had approximately $2 billion in cash and no debt coming due. In a keynote speech , he said Enron went bankrupt because of "decisions" made in October 2001. Were the rating agencies aware of Enron''s oft-maligned financing structures?

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How France Used Unemployment Benefits to Kickstart Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business Review

But in 2001, the nation’s policymakers were able to boost entrepreneurship, according to a recent paper. They wondered whether some of the change could have had to do with the state of the economy, or whether the quality of the new businesses was lower as a result. Entrepreneurial finance'

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Make Agility Part of Your Process

Harvard Business Review

For example, in 2001, IBM set up a permanent transformation organization designed to anticipate and respond to the increasingly unpredictable changes in its markets. The goal was to make IBM more agile and able to predict — even prescribe — where IBM's markets would go.

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The Tempting of Rajat Gupta

Harvard Business Review

In the early 1980s, for example, at least some partners — Bob Waterman, co-author of In Search of Excellence , among them — counseled gradual, quiet expansion, this to maintain the top-flight quality of the consultancy's people and its work. billion to $3.4 You can still find many an alum of McKinsey (or Bain & Co.,

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Finally, Proof That Managing for the Long Term Pays Off

Harvard Business Review

New research, led by a team from McKinsey Global Institute in cooperation with FCLT Global , found that companies that operate with a true long-term mindset have consistently outperformed their industry peers since 2001 across almost every financial measure that matters. Earnings quality: Accruals as a share of revenue.

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Nabob and the Coffee Kerfuffle: How the 120-year-old brand managed to maintain its challenger status.

In the CEO Afterlife

It made sense, because we looked at the competition as our well-financed enemy, and so there was no way we could win at the spending war,” says Bell. “So Not just your average quality Joe. Sure, research showed that Canadians have an affinity for the brand, and remember its positioning around quality coffee.

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