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Grassroots Leadership through Social Power

Coaching Tip

The institutions of modern developed societies, whether governments or companies, are not prepared for this social power. People are changing faster than companies and governmental agencies. "I And pragmatically, social power can help keep your company and community vital. .

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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

Performance measurement typically drives much of the way a large company works. Supplementing profits with ROIC and revenue growth is a step in the right direction to ensure that the profits a business earns are actually creating value, not simply over-consuming capital that another company could better deploy.

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Podcast: After Hours

Harvard Business Review

Plus, How Are Companies Spending their Tax Cuts? Youngme, Mihir, and Felix discuss whether the “retailpocalypse” is real, try to figure out how companies are spending their Trump tax cuts, debate whether share buybacks are a good thing or a bad thing, and offer their picks for the week. ” Read more. Is Retail Dying?

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What Investment Bankers Can Learn From Stand-Up Comedians

Harvard Business Review

I did well in my business school applications, and after my MBA, I worked for a private equity-backed healthcare company, then more investment banking as an associate. Look at headlining comics Jim Norton and Robert Kelly. But there was a problem. To say I was feeling unfulfilled is a severe understatement. Brutal honesty.

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