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Corporate Entrepreneurship: Turn Irony into Opportunity

In the CEO Afterlife

Their competitive edge eroded because the people at the top, who considered themselves the corporate brain, failed to adapt or innovate. Bureaucracy and stagnation set in. Innovation and entrepreneurship made a comeback, albeit in measured bites. Several, such as Trump, still operate by the brain and muscle ethic.

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If Employees Don’t Trust You, It’s Up to You to Fix It

Harvard Business Review

Employees who don’t trust their managers usually point to big-picture, obvious things: Their superiors skate the edges of ethical behavior, hide information, take credit for others’ hard work, or flat-out deceive people. Finally, check those references! People who are fired for breeding distrust are serial job hunters.