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Winning Isn’t Everything: The Art of Playing Well

Tom Spencer

Michael Lewis: Prioritise playing the game ethically Similarly, Michael Lewis, the bestselling author of The Big Short , exposed the unethical and reckless behaviour of some players in the financial industry leading up to the 2008 financial crisis.

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Research: Objective Performance Metrics Are Not Enough to Overcome Gender Bias

Harvard Business

exchange over a six-year period (2008 to 2013). Performance is often thought of as the ultimate equalizer, serving as the lynchpin of meritocratic systems. We analyzed 3,520 recommendations by 1,550 recommenders of buy and short-sell recommendations for stocks listed on a U.S.

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Transformational Leadership: Changing Culture to Fuel Financial Success

Organizational Talent Consulting

Inequity and discrimination result from failure, one person at a time, one action at a time (Greenleaf, 2008). These ethical failures are often not the result of one "bad actor" alone but systemic issues. Leadership Behavior – is how a leader responds within the leadership system. 2008) The servant as leader. Gregory, B.

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Keynes Is Dead, Abenomics Fizzles, US Fails to Reach Escape Velocity, Stimulus Fatigue

MishTalk

The 2008 crisis prompted a pause. The worst will pass only when the financial system is cleared of related non-performing assets. In the decade before the 2008 financial crisis, trade was driving growth. After the 2008 crisis, all big economies, mainly China and the United States, pursued serious stimulus.

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Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation

Harvard Business

The Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation (CFI) was established in 2008, becoming the first healthcare innovation center to employ a team of in-house designers. Establishing appropriate performance metrics and assigning attribution. Be prepared to revise metrics as the center evolves and celebrate small wins.

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How to Support Employees’ Learning Goals While Getting Day-to-Day Stuff Done

Harvard Business

Get top-level guidance and metrics. What metrics will be used to determine how well your unit is doing at embracing learning and development, and how will that in turn affect your review? When I launched my first company in 2008 (CarZen, acquired by Liberty Mutual), one of my first hires was a CTO. Here’s how.

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How Nokia Embraced the Emotional Side of Strategy

Harvard Business

Recall that Nokia dominated the mobile and smartphone markets in 2007-2008 when Apple launched the iPhone and Google the Android operating system. The new rivals revolutionized customer expectations, causing Nokia’s Symbian operating system to become outdated.