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Five New Year’s Resolutions Every Leader Should Make

Harvard Business Review

Leaders have long recognized that an inherently diverse workforce – one that’s inclusive of women, people of color, and gay individuals – confers a competitive edge in selling products and services to diverse end users. Leadership roles are given to those who also look and act the part, who manifest “executive presence” (EP).

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How Amazon Trained Its Investors to Behave

Harvard Business Review

In March 2000, Barron's reported that 51 Internet companies were burning cash so fast that they'd be broke by the end of the end of the year. So when Amazon reports below-consensus earnings, as it did Tuesday, and the share price jumps, as it did after-hours Tuesday and again Wednesday morning, the reaction isn't quite the puzzle it seems.