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Had a Tough Year? Make Peace and Move On

Marshall Goldsmith

Now I am facing budget cutbacks, getting no bonus, reducing my staff, and being expected to contribute more. It makes us motivated and encourages us to build our skills. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. This really makes me angry! Any suggestions? Life is good.

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The Guru's Guide to Creating Thought Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Take Hamel and Prahalad's 1990 HBR article, "The Core Competence of the Corporation," which suggests that firms should identify some activity at which they already excel or could plausibly excel in the future, and make that the centerpiece of their strategy. So what did Hamel and Prahalad add? How Ethical Are You?

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Bureaucracy Must Die

Harvard Business Review

Prahalad and I urged managers to think in a different way about the building blocks of competitive success. By building and nurturing deep, hard-to-replicate skills, an organization could fatten margins and fuel growth. Almost 25 years ago in the pages of HBR , C.K. To manage” is “to control.”.

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Bureaucracy Must Die

Harvard Business Review

Prahalad and I urged managers to think in a different way about the building blocks of competitive success. By building and nurturing deep, hard-to-replicate skills, an organization could fatten margins and fuel growth. Almost 25 years ago in the pages of HBR , C.K. To manage” is “to control.”.