Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

O NCE AGAIN we see that despite our rhetoric, what we are is reflected in our leaders and leadership. Superbosses : How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent by Sydney Finkelstein Although Superbosses may differ in leadership styles, they share a playbook that leads to extraordinary success founded on making other people successful.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 26, 2014

When it comes to the thoughts successful people hold in our heads, we are not self-depreciating, we are self-aggrandizing – and that’s a good thing! Almost every participant who attends my leadership training program intends to apply what has been learned back at work. Leadership' Most do, and they get better!

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Twitter reported a loss of $79 million before its IPO, yet it commanded a valuation of $24 billion on its IPO date in 2013. In a previous HBR article , we argued that, in contrast to physical assets that depreciate with use, intangible assets might enhance with use. For the next four years, it continued to report losses.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

That’s because overload is a surmountable crisis—under the right leadership. In early 2013, Norwegian went public and became one of the most successful IPOs of the year, closing the year 87% above its IPO price. Fortunately, these failures didn’t spell the end for the company. Celebrate and reward frontline heroes.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Allows businesses to take a 100% depreciation write-off for investments in certain new business equipment in 2010 and 2011. Review your investment portfolio to identify certain appreciated positions to sell now before taxes potentially increase in 2013. In 2011, workers will pay 4.2%

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

Better Place would then use these multi-year contracts to finance its infrastructure investments and battery depreciation. By May 2013 it had sold fewer than 3,000 vehicles. In February 2013, after a series of mismanaged leadership transitions including the firing of founder and CEO Shai Agassi, Better Place finally reversed course.

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