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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. Carl, a self-made success and CEO of a venture-backed software company, is a great example.

Company 62
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Everything You Didn’t Know You Wanted to Know About the Pallet Industry

Harvard Business Review

Knowledge@Wharton gets a nice little debate going in this explainer about Amazon’s tactics to force publisher Hachette to get with the program. Publishers must therefore rebuild their cost structure by doing such things as “moving to a less fancy office and lowering [managers’] salaries.”

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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. Carl, a self-made success and CEO of a venture-backed software company, is a great example.

Company 50
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Where There’s a Why, There’s a Way

Harvard Business Review

When you are young, or when your why is non-existent or has gone missing, which happens to most of us at some juncture in our business or career, it may be that you just need to move forward. There are a gazillion methods and tactics, but there are very few whys. Career planning Managing yourself'

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3 Ways to Take Action in the Face of Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

I recently discussed the issue of managing through uncertainty with retired U.S. Petraeus has managed uncertainty of global scope and with the highest stakes. Our conversation left me with three recommendations for managing uncertainty that we all can use: Learn faster than your opponent. So how should leaders adapt?