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5 Ways the Best Companies Close the Strategy-Execution Gap

Harvard Business

Leadership then specifies a plan that it believes will position the company to win in this predicted future. This mindset focuses leadership on making near-term decisions with the longer-term destination in mind, but it doesn’t presume that there is only one path from here to there. Webvan was forced to cease operations by 2001.

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The U.S. Needs Tax Reform, Not Tax Cuts

Harvard Business

presidential administration and congressional leadership have spent months talking about tax reform. Getting tax reform done requires strong political leadership, significant input from government staffers with technical expertise, and development of a public consensus of the need for change. The current U.S.