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How I Hired an Entirely Remote Workforce

Harvard Business Review

Many people are stunned to learn that I didn’t meet my chief technology officer in person until 2014 — three years after he started working for me. As the CEO and founder of a remote-based software development company, I’ve learned that remote work creates better employees.

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To Be Number One, Get the Right Number Two

Harvard Business Review

political system, the business world has no rules requiring that every leader have a backup, or that every corporate chief executive has a chief operating officer. Romney would succeed or fail based on this single choice, making the number two the prime mover in the fate of the number one. Unlike the U.S.

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