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A Model for Focusing Executives on Long-term Value Creation

Harvard Business Review

This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The CEO's Role in Fixing the System. Revenue and earnings grew at over 12% CAGR over the last decade — accelerating though the recession. We believe that capitalism will not survive if it continues its trend towards the redistribution of wealth and away from creation of wealth.

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Make Your Work Resolutions Stick

Harvard Business Review

“It’s important to have focus,” says Joseph Weintraub, the founder and faculty director of the Babson Coaching for Leadership and Teamwork Program. In fact, she wrote a manuscript for a leadership book back in 2007, but lost it because of a computer malfunction. Be realistic. She had several big goals.

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