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Coronavirus: Analysis, Conclusions & Takeaways

CaseInterview.com

With the media, stock markets, and social media going crazy over the topic, I spent a lot of time digging into the data to develop my own conclusions. It turns out that there is an actual metric that measures this. The closest proxy metric that’s easy to measure is # of NEW cases today vs. yesterday. Additional Resources.

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Private Equity’s New Phase

Harvard Business

These buy outs shifted agency from owners to managers; “corporate raiders” worked with high-yield debt to fund these turnarounds. a condo development, apartment building, or golf course). But the planned urban development PUD also has shared infrastructure and systems that enable the community to operate (e.g.,

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Research: How the Best School Leaders Create Enduring Change

Harvard Business

Our study of the actions and impact of 411 leaders of UK academies found that only 62 of them managed their turnaround successfully and sustainably transformed their school. The first step is to develop a 10-year plan, clearly showing how you aim to transform the school and the community it serves. The school performance pyramid.

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4 Ways CEOs Can Conquer Short-Termism

Harvard Business

We offer such a roadmap here, the outcome of a research project , at the Center for Higher Ambition Leadership, with 25 CEOs and their practices for mastering short-term pressures and creating long-term social and economic value, even in the toughest conditions. The CEOs in our study were adept at telling their company’s story.

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To Grow as a Leader, Seek More Complex Assignments

Harvard Business

And I’ve spent years with colleagues at Harvard Business School and other academic institutions researching what makes people effective in their jobs. against the average scores for those metrics from all the executives in our worldwide database. One key lesson I’ve drawn from all this experience?

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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. Case closed (until engineers develop an algorithm that does the job better). That quality made him (arguably) the quintessential HBR author.