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20 Reasons Why Companies Should Do Less Better

In the CEO Afterlife

The seemingly more attractive (and logical) option is to do more and more – the theory being the more markets, products, and businesses a company engages in, the better the results. What’s left in apparel and sporting goods is a good strategic fit with Nike’s operations. Yet, do less better isn’t something most leaders embrace.

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You Can’t Engage Employees by Copying How Other Companies Do It

Harvard Business Review

Whole Foods Market’s purpose is to promote healthier eating. It must be lived by top management as exemplified in their behavior and in the design of their management and human resource policies and practices. It must be deeper than only making money for shareholders and managers.