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Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm … on “Good Company”

The Practical Leader

“ Structural cohesion is an employee-generated synergy — essentially a close-knit, high-energy culture — that propels the company forward.” ” “In announcing the arrival of “the ethical consumer,” Time magazine noted: “We are starting to put our money where our ideals are.”

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Why We Shouldn’t Worry About the Declining Number of Public Companies

Harvard Business Review

stock exchanges has declined by almost 50% from its peak in 1996, despite dramatic increase in aggregate market capitalization. firms gravitate towards digital strategies, firms have less need for elaborate finance, marketing, production, distribution, accounting, and human resource departments. stock exchanges.

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Three Things that Actually Motivate Employees

Harvard Business Review

To a person, they look astonished when I ask whether their dedication comes from anticipation of the money they could make in the event of an IPO. One person says that he can’t let himself think about an IPO. For these professionals, a future IPO is outweighed by today’s OPI — the opportunity for positive impact.

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What Spinning Off a GE Business Taught Me About Managing Ultra-Fast Change

Harvard Business Review

Major organizational changes, covering everything from recruiting and branding to regulatory approvals and marketing, happened in rapid succession, with a hard deadline of 12 months to get it all done for the IPO — and 18 months from the IPO until our full separation from GE.

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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business Review

Today Uber is no startup, with 11,000 employees, not including its drivers, and a 2017 market value at IPO that is estimated as $28–$70 billion. Such an employee base and financial resources are sufficient to justify a well-supported and mature HR organization that provides checks and balances to guard against bad behavior.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

At the time, though, we were just in search of a new approach to building a sustainable business in that critical but often difficult market. In fact, you could say (and many did) that our previous attempts had failed, in that we hadn’t established a sustained market position. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point.