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Why Good Managers Need To Power Down

Tanveer Naseer

I’m delighted to share this guest post from Henry Mintzberg and Peter Todd, one of the professors and Deans from m y alma mater, McGill University. As the CEO of a major Canadian high-tech company once said about e-mail: “You can never escape. Henry Mintzberg is the Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University.

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Why Good Managers Need To Power Down

Tanveer Naseer

I’m delighted to share this guest post from Henry Mintzberg and Peter Todd, one of the professors and Deans from m y alma mater, McGill University. As the CEO of a major Canadian high-tech company once said about e-mail: “You can never escape. Henry Mintzberg is the Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University.

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Purpose Matters for Business Travel, Too

Harvard Business Review

Technology can, of course, help to cement social ties, but only following an original personal experience. I’ve worked with four CEOs at Egon Zehnder and all traveled the world unceasingly during their first six months on the job, visiting most of our 69 global offices and meeting with almost all consultants in each place.

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