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Why Mission Statements Fail

LDRLB

We know purpose-driven companies have a lower cost of customer acquisition, longer tenure of customer loyalty, and higher net promoter scores. Eventually, usually when people get tired, everyone starts to compromise for the sake of consensus, and they arrive at a statement everyone agrees on…or at least everyone agrees is good enough.

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Book Review: It's Not Just Who You Know

Lead on Purpose

In these relationships, vulnerability, authenticity, trust and loyalty are off the charts. PMs who build consensus and inspire team members develop a high ROI on their products and ROR with their colleagues. Fifth Floor: These relationships go well beyond Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends & Influence People.

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Why Mission Statements Fail

LDRLB

We know purpose-driven companies have a lower cost of customer acquisition, longer tenure of customer loyalty, and higher net promoter scores. Eventually, usually when people get tired, everyone starts to compromise for the sake of consensus, and they arrive at a statement everyone agrees on…or at least everyone agrees is good enough.

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Can HP Change its DNA?

Harvard Business Review

It's the company's deeply embedded belief system, its prevailing ethics, and the way people within the company interact with each other and with customers. Usually when people talk of DNA they're raising questions of corporate culture: Does the company rely on consensus among managers or are strategies and tactics directed from the top?

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People Think Companies Can’t Do Good and Make Money. Can Companies Prove Them Wrong?

Harvard Business Review

Even in one of the most market-oriented societies in human history, it appears very difficult to make most people appreciate that ethical and profitable business practices do not fundamentally conflict. This expert consensus is incompatible with our subjects’ view of profit as almost necessarily coming at the expense of others.

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Kicking Leadership Clichés

Great Leadership By Dan

In the era of big collaboration, the ethicization of business, and the complexity that comes with globalization 2.0, Great leaders will need to be great collaborators, guiding teams and companies forward by providing a long-term vision, creating group harmony, achieving consensus and generating new ideas.