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JANUARY 31, 2017

Five Culture Killers in Your Organization by @GrowingLeaders. 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. Your Only Competition Is Yourself by @paul_larue. 523: Tom Asacker Interview with Michael Covel.

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EPS Groupthink Gordon Learning-by-Doing 150

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2013

For leaders, this means a new urgency in targeting, nurturing, and advancing top talent in their organization. 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.

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EPS Diversity Innovation Bottom-up 12

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.

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Management Drucker EPS Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

They modify their appearance, body language, and communication style — all components of executive presence (EP), that intangible element that defines leadership material. ” More than half (53%) of Latinas and 44% of Latinos say that EP at their company is defined by conforming to traditionally white, male standards.

EPS 8

EPS Banking Diversity Bottom-up 8

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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EPS Innovation CEO Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Companies deliver superior results when executives manage for long-term value creation and resist pressure from analysts and investors to focus excessively on meeting Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations. It started with developing a proprietary Corporate Horizon Index. This has long seemed intuitively true to us.

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Long-term EPS 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