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Ego Free Leadership

Coaching Tip

Between 2009 and 2013, while many in his industry closed their doors during the Great Recession, Encore's revenues and profits increased 300%, operating cost declined 30%, and the stock price rose 1,200%.

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March 2013 Leadership Development Carnival

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Welcome to the March 2013 Leadership Development Carnival! She says, “As our work becomes more complex, so do our ethical dilemmas.” Taking Risks is Necessary, But Costs of Failure Should Still be Managed discusses how to maximize innovation and improvement while minimizing the impact of failure.

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Case Study: Is It Ever OK to Break a Promise?

Harvard Business Review

Manufacturing is not the most glamorous business, and MBA recruiters are known for tempting people into more “prestigious” careers. Date: May 12, 2013 21:37. There is no cost to you. Date: June 6, 2013 20:16. Date: June 8, 2013 07:12. Date: June 8, 2013 07:22. Date: June 8, 2013 07:25. Thanks, Sameer.

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Qualified Black Women Are Being Held Back from Management

Harvard Business Review

At the consultancy where she used to work, Karla Martin, Google ’s Director of Global Business Strategy, watched a partner repeatedly offer the lead role on new business to a white male whom she had previously led on a massive cost-reduction project for a multimillion-dollar client. ” What, or who, will open the door?

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Remembering Ronald Coase

Harvard Business Review

But I''ve just finished work on a new book with Paul Nunes on the new age of disruptive innovation (based on our March 2013 HBR article, " Big Bang Disruption "). Yet "The Problem of Social Cost" has proven to be one of the most-cited articles in the history of economics. And I thought, ah, it''s all about transaction costs.

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When Did the U.S. Stop Seeing Teachers as Professionals?

Harvard Business Review

Poor pay , increased health care costs , and diminished pension plans are certainly core issues — teachers in Oklahoma haven’t received a pay boost in a decade. Teachers perceive themselves and their students as being treated as fungible costs of production, cogs in a bureaucratic machine. What is professionalism exactly?