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Non-Profit “Product” Launch Case Study…

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

“Product” Launch to Improve Program Numbers Challenge : Regional non-profit in youth sports had been dealing with a 7-year decline in the number of children served in its various programs that were added to by the COVID-19 lockdowns and changes in behavior.

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Muhammad Ali: A Case Study in Purpose-Driven Decision Making

Harvard Business

How the sports legend and civil rights icon made decisions throughout his career to leave a lasting impact on the world.

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Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other

Harvard Business

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. ” Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. “OK.

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Before Day 1: Taking Advantage of the In-Between

Tom Spencer

You were probably practicing case studies daily, so it should be easy to replace this daily discipline with practicing a new language every day. Get involved with the sports club you had been meaning to join, try climbing the rock wall in the gym, or run for student government. Learn something new outside of school.

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Top 11 Must-Read Project Management Books

Epicflow

In addition to the “technical side” of project management, the author shares his ideas regarding effective stakeholder management, trust-based leadership, and effective decision-making as well as gives a variety of tools and techniques that can add value to your daily project management activities.

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Good Management Predicts a Firm’s Success Better Than IT, R&D, or Even Employee Skills

Harvard Business

Ask any sports fan about their favorite team and they will usually spend half the time either cursing or extolling the manager. In this view, management thinking obsesses over the latest fad, and represents a kind of leadership version of the Pokémon craze. Nicholas Blechman for HBR.

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Case Study: Is Holacracy for Us?

Harvard Business

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. The smaller ones could keep their own names, leadership teams, practices, and policies for the first five years.