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Expert Interview Series: Roddy Millar Helps Business Leaders Translate Academic Research to Innovative Leadership

IdeaScale

Academia Provides a Wealth of Research on Effective Leadership. They were impressed by the sheer volume of peer-reviewed research being produced at each of these institutions– research that takes multiple faculty members years to complete, write about and submit for peer review in a process that could cost upwards of $1 million.

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Elon Musk Blows My Mind

CorporateIntel

He already did consumer software engineering as his opening act as a cofounder of PayPal. He is also the CTO of SpaceX and the chief product architect of Tesla. To be a pioneer in technology doesn’t just mean you have interesting ideas. If there is a possible next Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, it could be him. Not Elon Musk.

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What Does an Aspiring Founder Need to Know?

Harvard Business Review

Alice, an outstanding 24-year-old engineer working for a top technology company, wants to launch her own startup within the next five years, but she doesn’t yet have a venture concept. What knowledge and skills does Alice need to lead a technology venture? Cofounders are crucial. Juan Díaz-faes for HBR.

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Searching for the Reasons Behind Google Labs' Demise

Harvard Business Review

No one who knows him doubts Page's unwavering commitment to the innovation culture of the company he cofounded. But the move undeniably represents a leadership perspective that the Labs might be as much organizational distraction as innovation engine. "Putting more wood behind fewer arrows" is the CEO's prioritization prerogative.

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What New Team Leaders Should Do First

Harvard Business Review

People form opinions pretty quickly, and these opinions tend to be sticky,” says Michael Watkins, the cofounder of Genesis Advisers and author of the updated The First 90 Days. “If She had recently taken over the leadership of a combined team of engineers and creative employees for a new project. The first few weeks are critical.

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What Big Companies Can Learn from the Success of the Unicorns

Harvard Business Review

For instance, Snapchat’s cofounders, Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy, started working together on a website for students called Future Freshman, among other projects, while at Stanford University. Unicorns are often founded and led by serial entrepreneurs, who have experienced business failures several times in their professional lives.

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How to Deal with a Chronically Indecisive Boss

Harvard Business Review

Reporting to an indecisive boss is an unquestionably “challenging and frustrating situation,” says Sydney Finkelstein, the Director of the Leadership Center at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and author of the book, Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Manage the Flow of Talent. What the Experts Say.

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