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Four Steps for Making Better Decisions

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| Main | What Leaders Can Learn About Speaking from Martin Luther King » January 17, 2011 Four Steps for Making Better Decisions A friend recently gave me a copy of a new book that’s out now, The Price of Everything by Eduardo Porter.  I found Porter’s book to be a fun and thought provoking read. Thanks Camille!

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Leadership and The Attitude Contagion | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

Reply Gwyn Teatro August 16, 2010 at 4:18 am Hi Leslie, I love the phrase “misplaced Duchesses&# It paints a very vivid picture! Reply Gwyn Teatro August 16, 2010 at 4:19 am Thank you, Anne. You are the soul of generosity Reply Landon Creasy August 16, 2010 at 6:30 pm Great post Gwyn! I certainly agree with that!

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. Michel Porter and Mark Kramer pioneered the idea of “creating shared value,” arguing that businesses can generate economic value by identifying and addressing social problems that intersect with their business. ” Improving risk management.

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The Changing Role of Global Leaders

Harvard Business Review

In November 2010, to big fanfare at Unilever's London headquarters, chief executive Paul Polman boldly articulated a new strategy. We see billions of people around the world striving to improve their quality of life, and ideas about what constitutes an improved quality of life shifting. And of course, more pressure on climate.

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How Bundled Health Care Payments Are Working in the Netherlands

Harvard Business Review

Bundled-payment efforts in both countries shift accountability to a single provider-led entity that must ensure quality, thereby emphasizing value over volume of care. In 2007, the Netherlands initiated a bundled-payment model for type 2 diabetes care and, subsequently, for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and vascular-risk management.

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People Are Angry About Globalization. Here’s What to Do About It.

Harvard Business Review

Economists, policy makers, executives, educators, the press, and others must become more adept at anger management. personal consumption expenditures in 2010 and that over half of that amount actually went to U.S. That’s a more than a hundredfold escalation in labor costs, plus higher materials costs — and horrible quality.