Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

chang/Getty Images. Why, all of a sudden, are so many successful business leaders urging their companies and colleagues to make more mistakes and embrace more failures? In May, right after he became CEO of Coca-Cola Co., James Quincey called upon rank-and-file managers to get beyond the fear of failure that had dogged the company since the “New Coke” fiasco of so many years ago. “If we’re not making mistakes,” he insisted, “we’re not trying hard enough.&

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Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Everyone else makes bad decisions, is shortsighted, prejudiced, subject to whims, temper tantrums, outbursts and short-term thinking. Once you see it that way, it's easier to remember. that we're everyone too.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Pat Canova/Getty Images. Spending on corporate learning, particularly leadership development, continues to increase at a staggering pace. According to one piece of research , spending on frontline leadership development alone increased by over 310% in a three-year period. Despite the amount they invest in corporate learning, organizations continue to struggle to connect these programs with the day-to-day work of strategy execution.

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Cheryl Cran

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

With all of the media going crazy with emerging stories about misconduct continuing to come forward we have clearly entered the era of “glass houses” being shattered. . What has been underground is coming to light and what has been tolerated is now being shown as unacceptable and will not be tolerated as we move forward. The common theme with all abuse of any kind is ‘power’.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Alice Potter/Getty Images. On paper, the project seemed like it would be a hit: The investment by the mining company would bring jobs and 21st-century technology to an economically poor area and tax revenues to the government. So why were citizens blocking the roads and protesting in the streets, drawing considerable attention from NGOs and the media and delaying the project?

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