Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Smart Growth : How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company by Whitney Johnson (Harvard Business Review Press, 2022) Growth is the goal. The Crux : How Leaders Become Strategists by Richard P. A New Way to Think : Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness by Roger L. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Leading Blog

JULY 26, 2021

We prioritized how to move the industry forward as a more mainstream, P&L-focused business. Our end goal was to hire not only the artist and body piercer with the most talent but someone who understood and could adapt to our company culture. We didn’t care that “it’s never been done before.” Invest in strategic partnerships.

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Strategy Driven

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Many people do not typically think of metrics and accounting as roadblocks to innovation, yet you call these out as potential problem areas. Doing otherwise biases the business against innovation because what you are projecting may look unattractive relative to your business today. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point.

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