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Why Activists Succeed – and Will Change Yahoo

Adam Hartung

He pushed the board to shut down expensive R&D and product development to improve short-term earnings. Many big investors say that activists are the only way shareholders can do anything about lousy management teams that fail to deliver, and Boards of Directors that let management be lazy and ineffective. Which takes us to Yahoo.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. Leadership Insights 1. The question is “Why?”

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. Leadership Insights. The question is “Why?”.

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Great to Good

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. Leadership Insights 1. The question is “Why?”

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Big Hit or Big Flop: Extreme Outcomes for High-Status Project Leaders

Michael Roberto

They studied 349 games developed between 2008 and 2012. With status comes everything a leader needs for a project to succeed: resources, support, the faith of executives and team members. Finally, examine the project team closely. Has the team grown too like-minded over time?

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Innovation is a team sport

Cris Beswick

At OUTCOME , we believe innovation is a system game, meaning it’s a team sport. The challenge is that many organisations have lost sight of the true definition of a team. 1] Let’s also differentiate between a department or group inside an organisation, as a group does not necessarily constitute a team. Pearson/Prentice Hall.

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Workplace Conflict: Statistics That Reveal Its Cost

CMOE

Once you know why and when workplace conflict occurs, its effects, and other vital information, you can learn how to help your teams go through it and find the rewards beyond it. Unethical or unfair behavior that disrupts the work of an individual, team, or company. Figuring out which team members should take which tasks.