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4 Ways CEOs Can Conquer Short-Termism

Harvard Business

Great stories are credible, simple, consistent, and use both financial and nonfinancial metrics to link a long-term vision and firm values with a distinctive business strategy and focused operational priorities. ” Many CEOs in our interviews emphasized the importance of choosing the right metrics to support both/and decision making.

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To Grow as a Leader, Seek More Complex Assignments

Harvard Business

I’ve interviewed thousands of candidates for managerial roles and tracked the performance of those I successfully hired. against the average scores for those metrics from all the executives in our worldwide database. I led the global management appraisal practice of our own executive search firm, Egon Zehnder.