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5 Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Advantage

Skip Prichard

There’s nothing wrong with operating out of self-interest. All that corruption helped them hit quarterly EPS targets. All that corruption helped them hit quarterly EPS targets. Ultimately, lousy cultures put reputations and actual business performance at great risk. Let’s be candid: That’s part of the job.

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Why I'm Glad I Got Fired

Harvard Business Review

A friend of mine, Godfrey Sullivan , asked me to consider running the operations for the Americas unit at Autodesk. Even then, she had a reputation for being an ass-kicking executive who could handle any situation — and indulge in some genial profanity. Only sheer politeness kept me from hanging up. That CAD stuff, I asked?

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