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Unilever’s Big Strategic Bet on the Dollar Shave Club

Harvard Business Review

The scrappy startup, launched in 2012, offered a blades-by-subscription service for as little as $3 a month and quickly grew to a team of 45 engineers and 3.2 million Series D in November 2015 — Dollar Shave Club had been valued at $630 million, according to Pitchbook. million subscribers.

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Managers in the Digital Age Need to Stay Human

Harvard Business Review

However, a growing amount of data from Gallup , Bain & Company , the Wall Street Journal , McKinsey , and others is indicating that supervisors play a key role in workforce engagement. Last month, I attended ATD’s global conference in Orlando, Fla., For example, their support in re-creating the role of supervisor is critical.