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JANUARY 31, 2017

Five tips for hiring (and holding on to) young people via Management Today @MT_editorial. Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. The Impoverishment of Attention by Shane Parrish @farnamstreet. Five Culture Killers in Your Organization by @GrowingLeaders. by @ericaarielfox.

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EPS Groupthink Gordon Learning-by-Doing 150

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2013

How can leaders leverage and develop diverse talent in 2014? The answer, according to CTI’s latest research , is a diverse workforce managed by leaders who cherish difference, embrace disruption, and foster a speak-up culture. Leadership roles are given to those who also look and act the part, who manifest “executive presence” (EP).

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EPS Diversity Innovation Bottom-up 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2015

The advent of the modern organization and the practice of management constitutes a “social technology” that has been equally transformative. The forces of technology and management will continue to hold equal sway as the 21st century unfolds. This is a situation that cannot endure.

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Management Drucker EPS Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2016

Why isn’t more of that cash going into developing businesses for long-term gains — the big, outsized gains that come from big bets on the future? This is a classic story of unintended consequences — inadvertently short-circuiting long-term management — to the detriment of companies, investors, and the economy.

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Long-term Incentives Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

I saw this first hand while researching the hiring practices of top-tier investment banks, management consulting firms, and law firms. These organizations, also known as elite professional service (EPS) firms, have some of the most well-developed and longstanding on-campus programs.

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EPS Diversity Banking Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Bertolini observed that many of his peers had been promising 15% earnings per share (EPS), even during the financial crisis of 2009. ” Bertolini and his team studied the industry and concluded that a reasonable target was no more than 6% EPS. . The company’s stated purpose is to “help people walk through walls.”

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CEO Short-term Long-term EPS 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Levi Strauss, intriguingly, has used biomimetic techniques in developing new production techniques for jeans. We're moving towards innovation in technology, pricing, business models and partnerships," explains head of corporate responsibility management, Dorje Mundle, of the company's base-of-the-pyramid operations.

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