Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Who declared 7 or 10 or 15 percent growth in earnings a sacrosanct pursuit, above all other corporate goals — like the innovation that leads to novel solutions that address customer needs? Nobody writes a paean to the search for 9 percent EPS growth. Moreover, pure growth targets are even wackier right now.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Crucially, he concludes that our unconscious mental frames “shape the goals we seek, the plans we make, the way we act, and what counts as a good or bad outcome of our actions.” Whether in politics, finance, or business, there is growing concern that many leaders have lost their moral compass. The Moral Frame.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The crux of the issue is how to allow companies to balance the long-term goal of making productive investments without getting bogged down by short-term quarterly pressures. Those discussions need to become more common, regardless of whether companies report quarterly or twice a year.

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