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When Good People Work for Bad Companies

Harvard Business Review

After earning a master's degree in ethics at Yale, Gregor became the first director of corporate consciousness for Burlington, Vermont-based Seventh Generation , the nation's leading manufacturer of environmentally-friendly household and personal care products. I don't any easy answers, and am still working out my own balancing act.

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LeBron on Ice, or the Fallacy of the Corporate Superstar

Harvard Business Review

His skills and work ethic suggest that it would be reasonable to assume he could have been a world-class ice hockey player if he had dedicated himself to the sport as a youth. He would have to train in completely different ways, and unlearn many of the things that have allowed him to succeed at his chosen sport. That's no dig on James.

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