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Leaders Who Get Change Right Know How to Listen

Harvard Business

Take Anne Mulcahy, who stepped into the CEO role at Xerox in 2001, during a particularly tough time in the company’s history. In fact, she logged nearly 200,000 miles that first year as she traveled to each site to share the strategy and reignite enthusiasm about the future of Xerox. “Defection slowed to a trickle.

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Hiring and Managing in Turbulent Times

Harvard Business

Over the past month, I’ve traveled from my base in Argentina to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom to give a series of speeches, and I’ll soon leave for another tour, this time in Italy. Janus symbolized the genesis of the world and human life, the start of new historical ages and economic enterprises.