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0511 | Larry Downes: Full Transcript

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That’s what happened, remember, in the airline industry. It was a crash deregulation in the late ‘70s, and you had this crazy … All the airlines, suddenly everybody became a national airline. You had this huge boom and then this terrible bust and all these airlines that had been around for decades disappeared.

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How Company Culture Shapes Employee Motivation

Harvard Business Review

So most executives manage it according to their intuition. It takes a careful mix of mission, management, and culture. One 2013 study illustrates this well. Take for example the airline industry. In one hedge fund, the highest performing portfolio managers had higher total motivation. Insight Center.

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The Case for Lending Out Your Star Performers

Harvard Business Review

For example, the power company Tenaga Nasional could send a leader with strong operating capabilities to work for several years at Malaysia Airlines, acquiring skills in turning around a troubled business. Peter Voser, the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell from July 2009, retired in May 2013. Talent management Leadership Developing employees'

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We Took a Vote. You're Fired.

Harvard Business Review

Most managers assume that customers love getting gifts, especially in front of other people. In fact, a survey of retail managers suggests that a majority think customers are happier getting preferential treatment in public than in private. growth in digital ads between 2013 and 2014. Stop Judging Me. BONUS BITS: Getting Around.