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Are Business Schools Creating Higher-Ambition Leaders?

Harvard Business Review

Higher-ambition leaders are able to integrate multiple business disciplines (strategy, ethics, marketing, finance and so on) into a coherent, systemic approach for building a great company. And in organizational behavior courses, students learn that motivating employees and developing teamwork is the measure of successful leadership.

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You Can’t Engage Employees by Copying How Other Companies Do It

Harvard Business Review

Indeed there is a good deal of evidence that using such individual incentives actually creates self-interest, lowers trust, results in poor teamwork, and diminishes commitment. Whole Foods Market’s purpose is to promote healthier eating. Southwest’s profits are larger than the profit of all other airline companies combined.

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Case Study: Challenge the Boss or Stand Down?

Harvard Business Review

Thomas Green winced as he reread an e-mail message from his new boss, Frank Davis, marketing director for the travel and hospitality group at D7 Displays. Tom, this week's client meetings went well, but they would have gone better if you had been on top of the market data. When you're on your own, I expect you to be better prepared.