Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2014

.” The notion of loyalty as a protective force that leads to great success is so much a part of how we think about leadership that it is very easy to accept, even when it is not espoused by someone as exceptionally interesting to watch as James Spader. This idea is, I submit, one of the most dangerous myths in organizational life.

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Loyalty McCombs Ethics Follow-up 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2018

Insecure employees are “hard to evaluate, hard to coach, and hard to develop,” says Ethan Burris, an associate professor at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, Austin. Ultimately, though, the goal is for your employee to operate more autonomously, says Burris. What the Experts Say.

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Management How To McCombs Project 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

My research with Pamela Haunschild (Professor Emeritus at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin) and David Chandler (Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Denver) examines this question. Why do organizations forget what they learn, even when stakes are so high?

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Organization McCombs Pharmaceuticals Learning-by-Doing 8