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Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other

Harvard Business Review

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. “Besides, lots of experts say that too many people view comp as a hammer and every problem as a nail. Soon after, he’d landed the firm’s biggest partner, Howell.

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All Hail the Generalist

Harvard Business Review

To begin, our highly interconnected and global economy means that seemingly unrelated developments can affect each other. Consider the Miami condo market, which has rebounded quite nicely since 2008 on the back of strong demand from Latin American buyers. For various reasons, though, the specialist era is waning. Why's that?

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