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What’s The Truth About Your Leadership?

Tanveer Naseer

In light of today’s faster-paced global environment, we need to recognize that the truth of succeeding at leadership is the commitment to aspire to be more than we are today [ Share on Twitter ] , and to keep learning how we can continue to do right by those we have taken on the responsibility to lead.

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Everyone Loses in a US vs. China Trade War

Harvard Business Review

This dispute is part of a long-standing belief, especially in the US, that China should allow the value of the renminbi to rise in order to rebalance the global economy. The manufacture of apparel and shoes could move quickly out of China, though. Most of these imports went to American multinational giants.

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Smarter Retailing via (Un)conventional Thinking

Harvard Business Review

The global push to meet today's needs without compromising future generations' ability to do the same is one such boiling pot for retailers. The large UK retailer, owned by Wal-mart, lowered its 2010 expenses by over £70 million ($110 million) through energy and waste reduction throughout its retail footprint of 500 stores.

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Don't Underestimate China's Luxury Market

Harvard Business Review

China's luxury market — and the global phenomenon of " trading up " — are well known. trillion, with annual expenditures increasing from $2 trillion in 2010 to more than $6 trillion in 2020. By 2010, the number had risen to 221 million. In 2005, fewer than 50 million credit cards were issued.

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Is Your Company Ready for the Circular Economy?

Harvard Business Review

When I reached the finish line, I translated that into the global economy. So in 2010, I started this foundation and coined the "circular economy" term to help frame the concept. So we went to McKinsey in 2010 to ask them to help us and write a report , focused on the European Union, that answered three questions.

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Why CEOs Should Watch the Royal Wedding

Harvard Business Review

The British wedding might have a larger global television audience than the World Cup championship or the U.S. A 2010 study showed that the public cost of supporting the monarchy was more than $55 million in 2009. The soft stuff can attract even bigger audiences and higher revenues than the hard stuff. In the U.S.,

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Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2011

Harvard Business Review

Ok, this one is cheating a bit, but on a fundamental level, the top themes in green business haven't actually changed too much ( see the 2010 list ). The ongoing failure of policy at a global level (with the important exceptions of some successes/workarounds such as new mileage targets for cars and trucks and a carbon tax in Australia ).