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The Ambition Gap

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arm of a global professional-services firm, came up with a different strategy to reduce fears about taking family time. Before 2010, “if you didn’t work a full year, it was very hard to get the top [performance] ranking,” remembers Jennifer Allyn, the firm’s diversity-strategy leader. PwC LLP, the U.S.

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Life's Aha! Moments Encourage Introspection and a Search for Meaning

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After Professor Christensen's heart attack, which required immediate stenting, and treatment for follicular lymphoma, during the first half of 2010, there were some who wished he'd slow down; those close to him knew he wouldn't. Then, on Sunday, July 18, 2010, lightning struck a third time. While Christensen spoke at a 6:30 a.m.

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Succession Planning -- Tackling the Talent Problem

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Building a Succession Strategy. Whether your organization has done succession planning in the past, or you’re looking to revamp your strategy, a strategic succession plan should enable your organization to: Understand workforce potential and prepare for future retention requirements. He can be reached at sconrad@halogensoftware.com. [i]

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CEOs work to keep key employees

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Mr. Charan has written or co-written 17 management books—mostly about strategy and leadership. Source: The Wall Street Journal, December 27, 2010. CEOs of major U.S. companies "do not really put even 15% of their time into the people-development equation, and that's far less than needed,'' Mr. Charan says. Four became best sellers.

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Overcoming the Oxymoron: Family Business

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in 2010 & 2011: 30% Discussions about future strategy. A look at some of the top sources of friction in family businesses includes the percentage of company leaders who said these cause "some" or "a lot" of tension as surveyed by PriceWaterhouseCoopers.US 27% Performance of family members actively involved in the business.

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Bookseller Leadership Mistakes

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But business trends proved Borders'' strategy wrong. Mr. Lynch had been named chief executive in March 2010, having previously run the company''s website. Eventually, Borders was acquired in 1992 by Kmart Corp, which married Borders to its Waldenbooks unit. Three years later, Kmart took the two book chains public as the Borders Group.