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Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm … on “Good Company”

The Practical Leader

Also forcing companies in the direction of worthiness is a growing global consciousness. ” “… studies find that primary contributors to employee commitment include : management concern for employees and customers. ” If companies want to succeed in this ethical age, they had better live up to those ideals.”

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What Spinning Off a GE Business Taught Me About Managing Ultra-Fast Change

Harvard Business Review

Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. Change management certainly tested us. We have hired more than 5,000 new employees since beginning the effort in late 2013.) What did we do?

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

The solution, we decided, was to acquire a local company that had already gained traction in the market and that could provide us with proven local management as well as help us with web search, which had become a priority after we bought U.S. The company was owned by management, venture capitalists, and SoftBank.