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We Can’t Study Short-Termism Without the Right Metrics

Harvard Business Review

The McKinsey Global Institute, in conjunction with FCLT Global, recently released research stating that long-term-oriented companies perform better than those that focus on short-term results. FCLT and McKinsey rely on readily available and machine-readable accounting data to measure myopia. R&D spending.

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Who Gets a Seat at the Table?

Harvard Business Review

Yeaney unpacks that journey in-depth in her excellent entry in the HBR/McKinsey Beyond Bureaucracy Challenge over on the MIX , but let me just share a few of the compelling lessons on what every leader has to gain by re-setting the table: Invite dissent — and build belief. The effect?

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