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How CEOs Can Make Smart Strategic Trade-Offs

Harvard Business Review

Pursuing cost leadership versus differentiating for value. Even in the most commoditized markets, winning players need to create value by adding small slivers of differentiated services, logistics, quality and reliability. Leadership is changing — fast. Manage costs — or add value? Insight Center.

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Bureaucracy Can Drain Your Company’s Energy. Agile Can Restore It.

Harvard Business Review

I know it is critical for the leadership to embrace agile, but the sad reality is that I’m not sure our leadership team will start before it’s too late. When I feel stressed, I will express sincere appreciation for the work of at least one person. It’s killing the whole business. What can I do?”

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

Self-management: Being a PM can be incredibly stressful. Managing tight deadlines, revenue targets, market demands, prioritization conflicts, and resource constraints all at once is not for the faint of heart. The best PMs know how to push hard on the right priorities, with urgency, but without conveying a sense of panic or stress.