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Will Moneyball Analytics Kill Loyalty and Leadership?

Harvard Business Review

That's the new quantitative consensus reshaping professional sports worldwide. The cultural values of loyalty and leadership are being redefined by the economic value of forecasting methodologies (PDF). Bill Parcells, the Super Bowl-winning coach, was famous for saying , "You are what your record says you are."

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Why You Should Question Your Culture

Harvard Business Review

To fix this problem, the team asked themselves some simple questions about the decision-making culture: To what extent are decisions currently made by consensus or by the CEO (on a scale of 1-10)? To what extent do we share information broadly or parcel it out narrowly? To what extent do we encourage or discourage risk?

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Guidance is Good, Overpriced Shares a Disaster

Harvard Business Review

BL: A misconception: Dealing with funds providers is part and parcel of running the company. In the final analysis, managers can't shun corporate owners. JF: But shouldn't executives be running their companies, not dealing with investors all the time? You should not spend excessive time on investors but they need attention and guidance.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

When it comes to stepping up to leadership, your network is a tool for identifying new strategic opportunities and attracting the best people to them. And in a connected world, build­ing stronger external networks to tap into the best sources of insight into environmental trends is also part and parcel of the leadership role.

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