Strategies for Assessing Acquisition Opportunities
Posted on07 Mar 2016
Tagsacquisition, bias, Dartmouth College, McKinsey & Company, organizational culture, Sydney Finkelstein, Tuck School of Business
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Getting value from acquisitions is tough. Part of the reason is that there is no formula. Each one is different. Yet, there... Read More
The “Big Three” Time Wasters in Business
Posted on28 Aug 2014
TagsBain & Company, Bloomberg Businessweek, documentation, efficiencies, email, Harvard Business Review, management, McKinsey & Company, meetings, technology, The Economist, time
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The big three time wasters in business are emails, meetings and white tape, companies’ internal bureaucracies. All three aren’t new to most;... Read More
Accounting for Unconscious Biases in Your Decision Making?
Posted on16 Dec 2010
Tagsabilities, behavioral economics, budgets, Dan Lovallo, decisions, dissent, diversity, economics, leadership, management, McKinsey & Company, Olivier Sibony, optimism, self-interest, uncertainty, unknown
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The article, The Case for Behavioral Strategy, (PDF) by Dan Lovallo and Olivier Sibony* from the March 2010 McKinsey Quarterly states: Once... Read More
The Ability to Praise is a Function of Personality
Posted on18 Oct 2010
Tagsapproaches, compensation, compliments, emotions, extrinsic, extrovert, intrinsic, intuition, leadership, management, McKinsey & Company, mentoring, motivation, networking, Personality, praise, rewards, sensitivity, teach
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One of the major characteristics of intuitive approaches for leadership is the dominance of intrinsic rewards over extrinsic ones. The demarcation between... Read More