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Five New Year’s Resolutions Every Leader Should Make

Harvard Business Review

How can leaders leverage and develop diverse talent in 2014? Those numbers add up to employees who are more committed, more engaged, and more likely to attract similar talent. Sponsors of color who have developed young talent are overall 30% more satisfied with their career progress than those who haven’t built that base of support.

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4 Ways CEOs Can Conquer Short-Termism

Harvard Business Review

Once in place, it both generates commitment of employees and customers and puts the short term and the quarter in context as the immediate building blocks to longer-term goals. Bertolini observed that many of his peers had been promising 15% earnings per share (EPS), even during the financial crisis of 2009.

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