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Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other

Harvard Business Review

Lance was struck by what he saw in CFO Damon Ewen’s file. ” Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. His CFO and his sales chief had been at loggerheads for a while. “You’re surprised?

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Avoiding Catastrophic Failures in Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

Two years later the company was the poster child for reengineering success — the subject of speeches, a Harvard Business School case study, articles, and book references. In this case, the answers were not there, the effort was stopped, and a new management team took over. Engage the finance organization.

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Case Study: Is Holacracy for Us?

Harvard Business Review

Listening, Derek Melis, his friend and CFO, was relieved. Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. The smaller ones could keep their own names, leadership teams, practices, and policies for the first five years.

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How to Negotiate Nicely Without Being a Pushover

Harvard Business Review

You may already know that the other side is under pressure because of supply-chain issues, or new leadership. Case study #1: Pausing to inquire. ” Case study #2: The power of the personal. We have to remember that they may be operating under constraints as well.” Try to see the issue from their eyes.

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Where Will You Be in Five Years?

Harvard Business Review

There are many moving parts in people's career decisions — family, the economy, finances — and you may simply not know what the next five years holds. Case Study #1: Know where you thrive. Case Study #2: Be honest about the future. If you don't know, admit it. This may be true in some situations.

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