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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

All lights were off except a spotlight on the presenting manager and the CEO’s reading light. to 17.9%, from 1980 to 2015. According to management studies, a key reason leaders derail is that they do not communicate well. hours a week on people management issues. CEOs focus on data, facts, figures, and metrics.

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Why Aren’t Black Employees Getting More White-Collar Jobs?

Harvard Business

It offered a competitive salary and extensive training, and it could point to several minority leaders in management. When I joined the company, my branch sales manager — someone I considered a field office general — was black, as were many of my instructors. representation in non-management professionals.

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Wearable Technology in Healthcare

Tom Spencer

The main differentiator is that while consumer fitness trackers can assist individuals in keeping in peak physical condition, medical wearables have the ability to detect life threatening diseases, provide pain relief, manage chronic illnesses, and collect a variety of biometric data. Image: Pixabay. Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

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China's Iron Ore Inventories Post Biggest Decline in Two Years; Yuan Observation; Pro-Cyclical Stupidity

MishTalk

Iron ore inventories at ports in China fell below 100 million metric tons for the first time since February as the holdings in the world’s largest buyer dropped for a seventh week to post the longest run of declines in two years. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'

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Private Equity’s New Phase

Harvard Business

From 1996 to 2015, the number of publicly traded companies in the United States alone dropped nearly 50%. The types of private equity firms and the approaches to managing these firms has evolved over the last 40 years through three general phases. In this phase, the acquired property is not just managed, but transformed.

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Reflecting on David Garvin’s Imprint on Management

Harvard Business

Garvin was a generalist more than a specialist, perhaps because he came of age at HBS during the 1980s, when the school’s primary focus was the development of skilled general managers. A Sloan Management Review article (which I had the pleasure of working on) provides valuable context for Garvin’s most-read HBR articles.