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Culture – The Secret To Helping Align Organizational Goals

Tanveer Naseer

The more positive feedback people get, the more the behaviours get reinforced. Leon Festinger, the social psychologist, discovered that tension is caused when people find themselves engaged in behaviours that are making them successful yet running counter to their attitudes and beliefs.

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With New York Schools Appointment, Bloomberg Did it His Way

Harvard Business Review

In his 2002 book Searching for a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs , the Harvard Business School professor shows how the norm of CEO succession has changed over time. Unfortunately, as Khurana shows, positive miracles rarely materialize. Two challenges tend to trip up the outsiders.