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Book Review of “Good Company: Business Success in the Worthiness Era”

The Practical Leader

It’s based on calculating scores for Good Employer (from Glassdoor.com), Good Seller (wRatings using customer evaluations of quality, fair price, and trust), and Good Steward (environment, penalties/fines, CEO compensation, use of tax havens, and society/community contributions). About 25 companies were rated “high.”

Company 53
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How to (Gradually) Become a Different Company

Harvard Business Review

The US-based company used to be a diversified industrial group, with activities in all types of glass, chemicals, paints, optical materials, and biomedical systems. From our analysis of a number of core shifts and conversations with the CEOs who have undertaken them, we have drawn five keys to success: 1. Allow time and persevere.

Company 10