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

Harvard Business Review

Moving up in an organization depends on looking and acting like a leader, on being perceived as having “executive presence” (EP). According to research from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), EP constitutes 26% of what senior leaders say it takes to get to the next promotion.

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4 Ways CEOs Can Conquer Short-Termism

Harvard Business Review

Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna, began his tenure, in 2010, by lowering targets by over one-third, in a single bold move. Bertolini observed that many of his peers had been promising 15% earnings per share (EPS), even during the financial crisis of 2009. Bertolini knew that such unrealistic targets would create problems.

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Why I'm Glad I Got Fired

Harvard Business Review

Words like "productivity," "efficiency," and "innovation" are defined by goal posts of our own creation: number of units shipped, revenue and profit, EPS and shareholder return. Her book, The New How , discussing collaborative ways to have your whole company strategize, was published in 2010. Lots of businesses run this way.

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