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We dabbled our hand in marketing as Tim Vanderpy reviewed UnMarketing. We reposted a teaser video for Clayton Christensen’s new one The Innovative University. LeaderLab is partnering with organizational scholars to gather research on the importance of building ethical climates.

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LeBron on Ice, or the Fallacy of the Corporate Superstar

Harvard Business Review

His skills and work ethic suggest that it would be reasonable to assume he could have been a world-class ice hockey player if he had dedicated himself to the sport as a youth. He would have to train in completely different ways, and unlearn many of the things that have allowed him to succeed at his chosen sport. That's no dig on James.

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When Success is Born Out of Serendipity

Harvard Business Review

Once the book had been written, I had to market it. My own publisher, HBS Press, published two the very same month as my book — one of them co-authored by heavyweight Clay Christensen. What, they asked her, was the most powerful argument for promoting diversity — outside of ethical and legal ones?

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How to Build a Meaningful Career

Harvard Business Review

For example, if you enjoy connecting with people, you could use that skill to be a psychologist or a marketer. Ethics Feature. Christensen. It fit many of the criteria she was looking for — it allowed her to travel internationally, work in emerging markets and build an organization from the ground up.

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