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The Timeless Strategic Value of Unrealistic Goals

Harvard Business Review

Gary Hamel and C.K. By developing very different capabilities than Xerox's, Canon created a new recipe for success, and in the process short-circuited Xerox's ability to retaliate quickly. Hamel and Prahalad have an entirely different point of view. There are two views on strategy.

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

As an advisor to CEOs, there is little doubt that I’m passionate about personal and professional development, and there is one simple reason why – it works. 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.

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People Are Not Cogs

Harvard Business Review

Gurus like Don Tapscott , Tammy Erickson , John Hagel , Rosabeth Moss Kanter , Gary Hamel , and more recently, Umair Haque , have all written about how our new economy is about producing ideas, experiences, and meaning. Her book, The New How , discussing collaborative ways to have your whole company strategize, was published in 2010.

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Grassroots Leadership through Social Power

Coaching Tip

The institutions of modern developed societies, whether governments or companies, are not prepared for this social power. I don't think it's crazy to ask if your CEO is the next Mubarak," says Gary Hamel, one of business' most eminent theoreticians of management. People are changing faster than companies and governmental agencies. "I

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