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How to (Gradually) Become a Different Company

Harvard Business Review

Acquisitions are part and parcel of a transformation. Eaton’s acquisitions of Westinghouse’s distribution & control business (1994), Aeroquip-Vickers (1999), and Cooper (2012), increased revenues by roughly one-third with each addition. What is important is to create options and exercise them as the right opportunities arise.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

When it comes to stepping up to leadership, your network is a tool for identifying new strategic opportunities and attracting the best people to them. It’s the channel through which you sell your initiatives to the people you depend on for cooperation and support. Leadership & Managing People Book. The list goes on.

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