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Managing Virtual Teams: Three Keys to Success

Women on Business

We seek out diversity and strong points of view on our teams, but combine these characteristics with remote locations, tight timelines and resource constraints, and a day at the office can turn into a political and technological obstacle course. As Jack Welch counsels new leaders, “It’s about them, not about you.”

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business Review

Before 2018, it had the three standard board committees — governance, compensation, and audit — plus a technology and risk committee to cover important areas such as product risk, cybersecurity, and technological innovation. None of these constraints on employer stock were adopted by the GE board for its 401(k) plan.

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Kill Your Business Model Before It Kills You

Harvard Business Review

The Postal Service, even with the constraints of its government mandate, has known for years that its traditional model was coming apart; Kodak realized that film was being replaced by digital media long before it changed its investment strategy; AOL knew that dial-up subscriptions were fading years before it took action.

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Kill Your Business Model Before It Kills You

Harvard Business Review

The Postal Service, even with the constraints of its government mandate, has known for years that its traditional model was coming apart; Kodak realized that film was being replaced by digital media long before it changed its investment strategy; AOL knew that dial-up subscriptions were fading years before it took action.

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Is Your Company Ready for the Circular Economy?

Harvard Business Review

Then I met three people — a Dutch CEO, a Welch education expert and a German scientist — who saw things in a very different way. Does the circular economy decouple growth from resource constraints? But when you play it out, it just doesn't work. It still doesn't address the fundamental problem. Is this profitable?

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