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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

Rita and manage others at Blockbuster and combine them to develop and implement training for salespeople, operations staff, cashiers, and line managers. In 2001, Michael hired a no-name like me after an informational interview to become the Associate Marketing Director for GIA Publications. Signs and Graphic Solutions.

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After a Merger, Don’t Let “Us vs. Them” Thinking Ruin the Company

Harvard Business

To uncover the human facets and the consistent challenges of M&A, I interviewed 55 executives from multinational to small- to medium-size companies all over the world. As part of my consulting work on mergers and acquisitions, I created a playbook that defines the best practices for optimizing the human side of M&A.

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How the World’s Oldest Company Reinvented Itself

Harvard Business

Instead, they sought to reenergize and leverage their own people, but, Karvinen explained, “We also did not just want to handpick the usual senior managers we had always worked with before, because we knew that, in order to drive the transformation of the company, we needed new and fresh perspectives.”

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