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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

A ‘good failure’ is a term used in Silicon Valley to describe a new business start-up or mature company initiative that, by most measures, is well planned, well run, and well organized – yet for reasons beyond its control (an unexpected competitive product, a change in the market or economy) it fails. About the Author.

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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

A ‘good failure’ is a term used in Silicon Valley to describe a new business start-up or mature company initiative that, by most measures, is well planned, well run, and well organized – yet for reasons beyond its control (an unexpected competitive product, a change in the market or economy) it fails. About the Author.

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CEOs Should Think Like Founders, Not Just Managers

Harvard Business Review

While these tactics are necessary and useful, when used alone they serve merely as Band-Aids to the problem. Strategists in mature businesses think in terms of total addressable markets (TAM), which allows them to size a potential business and plan accordingly; refounders think in terms of total addressable problems (TAP).

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