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Even for Companies, the U.S. Is Split Between Haves and Have-Nots

Harvard Business Review

Companies in the top one-fifth of profitability earn, in aggregate, about 70 times more economic profit (accounting profit less cost of capital) than those in the middle three-fifths combined, according to McKinsey’s database of 3,000 large, publicly listed, nonfinancial U.S. This underinvestment has a real cost to U.S.

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The Authenticity Trap for Workers Who Are Not Straight, White Men

Harvard Business Review

Walling off parts of your life can cost you not only personally but also professionally. In today’s hypercompetitive world, the organization absolutely needs you to bring your whole self to work. This compared with a paltry 48% average among the ban’s other 90-plus Indian branches.)

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The Benefits of Hiring Your Best Customers

Harvard Business Review

Would you rather drive productivity that way or increase your labor costs by 10 percent? percent who are actively disengaged—who alone cost the United States $450 billion to $550 billion in lost productivity, according to Gallup. People go the extra mile and may be willing to stay a little late because it is fun.