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Great Leaders Make Decisions | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

It was Andy Grove the former Chairman and CEO of Intel and Time Magazine’s 1997 Man of the Year who said “You have to take action; you can’t hesitate or hedge your bets. I am always so refreshed by the centrality of ethics, doing the right thing, and people as capital – in your work! Great insights Susan.

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Why Bankers Need to Be Put Into Little Boxes

Harvard Business Review

There's a beguiling little moment in the financial-crisis documentary Inside Job where hedge fund billionaire George Soros describes the principles of oil tanker design. It is good, and it piqued my interest in what Wilmers had been writing over the course of the financial crisis. Financial markets are like that, Soros goes on.

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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business Review

But must employees, investors, and other constituents accept harmful employment cultures in fast-growth organizations until a crisis occurs? But with the departures of a number of high-level HR leaders in late 2016, head of operations Ryan Graves largely took on the head HR role in addition to his other duties. In one word: No.

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Reimagining Capitalism

Harvard Business Review

While the global financial meltdown and its aftershocks have unleashed a flood of indignation, condemnation, and protest upon Wall Street, the crisis has exposed a deeper distrust and implacable resentment of capitalism itself. Capitalism degenerates into narrow self-interest without a strong ethical foundation.

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Why Private Equity Still Makes Us a Little Queasy

Harvard Business Review

Such plans frequently include giving managers financial incentives to do what they should have done before — concentrating on the most promising lines, selling off dud businesses, and "leaning down" operations, often including headcount. PE people certainly pay themselves well. They don't appear to be in it for the long haul.