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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

The CEO of a leading telecommunications company recently embarked on an innovative approach. This process not only helps to retain key talent but also yields great feedback for continuous improvement. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There has just been listed as the #2 bestselling business book for 2012 by INC magazine / 800 CEO Read.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

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Joining Boards: It's Not Just Who You Know That Matters

Harvard Business Review

Although many boards continue to select new members from their own networks, our research suggests that more are beginning to implement objective processes to select members based on the skills and attributes that boards need to be effective. We also looked at results by industry and region.

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Ten Reasons Salespeople Lose Deals

Harvard Business Review

These interviews were conducted with salespeople across a wide variety of industries including high technology, telecommunications, financial services, consulting, industrial equipment, healthcare, and electronics, to name a few. Increasingly, purchasing has more say over decisions that were previously made solely by business areas.

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Ten Reasons Salespeople Lose Deals

Harvard Business Review

These interviews were conducted with salespeople across a wide variety of industries including high technology, telecommunications, financial services, consulting, industrial equipment, healthcare, and electronics, to name a few. Increasingly, purchasing has more say over decisions that were previously made solely by business areas.

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Why Comcast Would Rather Be Feared Than Loved

Harvard Business Review

Maybe the passage of time has dulled my memory of what it was really like, or maybe the wonderfulness of the phone rep led me to believe that this was a different sort of operation. If that''s right, the cable operators will only get more aggressive about this as the years go by.