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9999 are rarely brave enough, or confident and committed enough in their ideas, to stake their careers and reputations on risky ...

100100 T H E W O R S T D I S E A S E T H A T A F F L I C T S E X E C U T I V E S IS EGOTISM HUBRIS AND NEMESIS E ven iconic comp ...

101 See also: Reinventing and adapting 52–57 ■ Beware the yes-men 74–75 ■ Good and bad strategy 184–85 ■ Avoiding complacency 19 ...

102 Continued management arrogance breeds indiscipline; decisions are made out of greed and warning signs are ignored. Companies ...

103 US homeowners were prey to companies such as Lehman, which made big profits in mortgage-backed securities in the 2000s. Lehm ...

CULTURE SOLVES PROBLEMS ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE IS THE WAY IN WHICH A GROUP OF PEOPLE ...

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106 1940s, human relations experts began to consider organizations from a cultural point of view, drawing inspiration from earli ...

107 place”). In Russia, for example, employees have little access to executives (power distance is high). Conversely, in low pow ...

108 Japanese businesses, for example, think very much in the long-term: Toyota Motor Corporation has a 100-year business plan. W ...

109 The cultural network, devised by Deal and Kennedy, refers to the informal channels in a company—storytellers, gossipers, and ...

110 E M O T I O N A L INTELLIGENCE IS T H E I N T E R S E C T I O N O F H E A R T A N D H E A D DEVELOP EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE E ...

111 See also: From entrepreneur to leader 46–47 ■ Effective leadership 78–79 ■ Organizing teams and talent 80–85 ■ Avoiding comp ...

112 M A N A G E M E N T I S A P R A C T I C E W H E R E A R T , S C I E N C E , A N D C R A F T M E E T MINTZBERG’S MANAGEMENT R ...

113 See also: From entrepreneur to leader 46–47 ■ Leading well 68–69 ■ Gods of management 76–77 ■ Learning from failure 164 – 65 ...

114 See also: The value of teams 70–71 ■ Beware the yes-men 74–75 ■ Hubris and nemesis 100–03 ■ Organizational culture 104–09 T ...

115 See also: The value of teams 70–71 ■ Beware the yes-men 74–75 ■ Thinking outside the box 88–89 ■ Organizational culture 104– ...

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F inance has always been seen as having two distinct functions: recording what has happened (financial accounting) and helping b ...