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How to Lead On Purpose

Great Leadership By Dan

And why do many, despite their best efforts, manage to motivate top performers but can’t get the whole team rowing in the same direction? Take Dell Technologies, as a great example of a company that hit pause and found its purpose. When he left the company in 2004, however, it fell on hard times. Guest post from John Izzo Ph.D.

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CEOs Need Hard Data on Customer Loyalty

Harvard Business Review

This was the headline finding of a recent study (PDF) by the American Institute of CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Perhaps that's the result of customer metrics long being seen as "soft" numbers with little clear connection to "hard" numbers like revenue or cash flow. Unexpected, to say the least.

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How One Medical Group Is Decreasing Physician Burnout

Harvard Business Review

As part of our work researching high-performing primary care systems , we discovered a system-wide approach launched by Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) in 2004 that unburdens primary care physicians. Leverage Technology. customized weight-loss calendars and healthy recipes), and manage complex schedules (e.g.,

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Three Cases of Better Corporate Philanthropy

Harvard Business Review

As Nike's Senior Portfolio Manager Adam Day says, "The global development sector had overlooked the enormous potential of investing in adolescent girls to reduce global poverty. It measures and holds itself accountable for changes in the way that teachers use information and communications technology in the classroom.

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A Female-Dominated Workplace Won't Fix Everything

Harvard Business Review

On the one hand, new technologies have enabled neuroscience to discover that men and women tend to be wired differently in ways that incline men — can it be? On the other hand, the metrics of 21st century female professional and economic empowerment have become a tide. Men on the job must feel besieged.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. ” Improving risk management. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation.

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The Secrets to TripAdvisor's Impressive Scale

Harvard Business Review

The company agreed to be acquired by Expedia/IAC in 2004 for $210 million in cash , a huge win for all, particularly given their amazing capital efficiency: they had only raised $4 million in venture capital. TripAdvisor And Expedia: From $4 million invested to $4 billion in value. As a result, gross margins are very high at 98% (not a typo!)

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