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Midsize Companies Shouldn’t Confuse Growth with Scaling

Harvard Business

Most management writing focuses on startups or large companies, but if recent performance is any indicator, midcap companies are the place to be. With intensified pressure to keep up, leaders often react to mere symptoms of poorly managed growth, such as widespread conflict or a sense of organizational mayhem.

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Why Visionary CEOs Never Have Visionary Successors

Harvard Business

The reason is failed leadership, and Apple – currently the dominant tech firm for the mobile era – is at risk of making the same mistakes. If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter-to-quarter or even year-to year-revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. The result?