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How IBM's Sam Palmisano Redefined the Global Corporation

Harvard Business Review

This meant abandoning IBM's existing organization, in which product silos and geographic entities operated independently and frequently were more competitive than collaborative. Palmisano could not have succeeded at placing values at the center of IBM's operations without strong principles of his own. Patience and a long-term view.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve. The simple truth is that lowering standards is never a good thing in any environment.

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Frank Sonnenberg On Matters That Matter

Frank Sonnenberg Online

He’s operated in the real world of real work (he was formerly a marketing executive at Ernst & Young) and still consults for many companies in multiple industries. Personal responsibility can’t be delegated or outsourced. Duncan: What’s your advice for people who are tempted to take shortcuts on ethics?

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The Big Picture of Business: Been There, Done That

Strategy Driven

With a wealth of expertise available via outsourcing, one can quickly become a ‘kid in a candy shop,’ wanting whatever is readily available or craftily packaged. Their work is off-the-shelf, conforms to an established mode of operation, contains original thought and draws precedents from experience. (17 17 percent).

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6 Rules for Building and Scaling Company Culture

Harvard Business Review

The team is the company’s raw DNA, the purpose their religion, and culture their unique way of operating based on common principles, norms, and values. Will it mean that you expect employees to follow a certain promotion path and career timeline? Or will you create go further, and only promote the people who develop others?