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Successful Companies Don’t Adapt, They Prepare

Harvard Business Review

In 1960, Harvard professor Theodore Levitt published a landmark paper in Harvard Business Review that urged executives to adapt by asking themselves, “What business are we really in?” It invests heavily into research and allows promising projects to incubate at its Google X division. Jennifer Maravillas for HBR.

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

Michael Levitt, CEO of BreakfastLeadership.com. The healthy habits that I attribute to my success as a leader are practice what I preach, set healthy boundaries, practice mindfulness, exercise, work hard and invest in my ongoing learning and personal development. Sandip Roy of Happiness India Project. Photo by Ethan Sykes.