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To Stay Relevant, Your Company and Employees Must Keep Learning

Harvard Business Review

As AT&T CEO and Chair Randall Stephenson, recently told the New York Times, “There is a need to retool yourself, and you should not expect to stop… People who do not spend five to 10 hours a week in online learning will obsolete themselves with the technology.” To atrophy is to lose in the market. Insight Center.

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The Stakeholders You Need to Close a Big Deal

Harvard Business Review

The ask: invest $35 million for exclusive bundling rights to the US market. Cool new technology, new market for AT&T, competitive pressure, etc. The decision maker at AT&T was CEO Randall Stephenson. With that, Stephenson felt he could defend his decision.

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How to Conduct an Effective Job Interview

Harvard Business Review

As the employment market improves and candidates have more options , hiring the right person for the job has become increasingly difficult. Your goal is to “make them comfortable” so that you have a productive, professional conversation. Chris Smith and Chris Stephenson. ” What the Experts Say. Further Reading.

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The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the U.S. Antitrust Movement

Harvard Business Review

Antitrust’s noneconomic goals were jettisoned for an amorphous “consumer welfare” standard. Market forces could naturally correct the episodic instances of market power, and could do so far better than the messes caused by government intervention. Competition, for them, was innately effective.