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To bid or not to bid? That is the question.

Strategy Driven

The main goal of bidding is NOT get the best product. The main goal of bidding is get the cheapest price. Let me give you the good news, and the sales news… There are several strategies you can employ to get around the bidding process, or legally and ethically change the bidding process. That’s the bad news.

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The Leadership Blind Spots at Wells Fargo

Harvard Business Review

Former employees have alleged a “soul-crushing” culture of fear and daily intimidation by managers, where they were pressured to reach extreme sales goals, some by breaking the law. The bank has since fired 5,300 employees for the illegal behavior and eliminated retail bank sales goals entirely.

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Don’t Try to Be a Publisher and a Platform at the Same Time

Harvard Business Review

A new platform that’s intended to host user-generated content has one overriding goal: Attract users and convince them to create content. One reason Kickstarter outstripped its competitors was its well-curated selection of genuinely cool projects. As more platishers mature, they may find themselves facing similar conundrums.

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Qualified Black Women Are Being Held Back from Management

Harvard Business Review

At the consultancy where she used to work, Karla Martin, Google ’s Director of Global Business Strategy, watched a partner repeatedly offer the lead role on new business to a white male whom she had previously led on a massive cost-reduction project for a multimillion-dollar client. ” What, or who, will open the door? .

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Why Women Stay Out of the Spotlight at Work

Harvard Business Review

In 2013 we embedded ourselves in a women’s professional development program at a large nonprofit organization in the U.S. “I must have been projecting more sternness than I knew I was capable of,” she told us. How do women navigate this no-win situation? to find out. Parenthood Pressures.

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Why Women Stay Out of the Spotlight at Work

Harvard Business Review

In 2013 we embedded ourselves in a women’s professional development program at a large nonprofit organization in the U.S. “I must have been projecting more sternness than I knew I was capable of,” she told us. How do women navigate this no-win situation? to find out. Parenthood Pressures.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

Rather than discussing the taste of the food, I asked about his desired legacy and the Big Picture goals of the organization. One resulting project was ‘KFC Kalendar,’ an advertising campaign that showcased community events and public service announcements to diverse communities. Ethics cannot be edicted from afar.