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Britain’s Patient-Safety Crisis Holds Lessons for All

Harvard Business Review

Berwick presented the report from the independent National Advisory Group on the Safety of Patients in England ( A Promise to Learn — A Commitment to Act: Improving the Safety of Patients in England ) to Prime Minister David Cameron in London. As the report makes clear from the outset, there are lessons for all leaders in this story.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. We insisted that the local team follow Yahoo reporting, systems, and governance requirements. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.

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World Business Forum – Day 1 Recap | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Bill’s passion an his sales skills were clearly evident, but his presentation came across as a wannabe self-help guru more than a CEO of one of the world’s best software companies. Leaders make the news, they don’t report it. It was full of trite cliches and worn out leadership rhetoric.

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Great leaders are like a sponge when it comes to the acquisition of knowledge, the development of new skill sets, and the constant refinement of existing competencies. Who would follow a person who's thoughts and skills are out dated. It includes books by Peter Drucker, Charles Handy, Charles Koch, Jack Welch, and Bob Sutton.

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