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Where There’s No Margin for Toxic Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Plenty of large companies have dysfunctional executives, as many Fortune 500 human resource consultants can tell you. By 2005, the Chief Lightning Catcher found a company that wanted to acquire the firm and provide badly needed investment capital. But in December 2005, the offer fell through. Ford Motor Co. (a

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Expanding the Reach of Primary Care in Developing Countries

Harvard Business Review

Founded in Malawi in 2005, North Star is now a non-profit network of more than 30 roadside health centers, operating along major transportation corridors across Africa in countries including Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa, serving hundreds of thousands of patients each year. North Star Alliance is a strong example in SubSaharan Africa.