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Timeless: 10 Enduring Practices of Apex Leaders

Leading Blog

Apex Leaders look for skill, work ethic and passion when building a team. The model of a generous life is investing in spiritual truth, intellectual capital, money, praise, encouragement, influence, and joy in other people’s lives. Apex Leaders are part of selfless, humble teams who are committed to each other’s success.

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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. DNA sounds like a soft thing and it is.

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The Tempting of Rajat Gupta

Harvard Business Review

McKinsey responded that it was actually investing more on intellectual capital, but on the industry-specific variety of more use to consultants and clients.) While the majority of partners cheered on the effort — at least they re-elected Gupta twice — the man and his big push had detractors.