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The Benefits of Losing a Star Employee (Temporarily)

Michael Roberto

John Chen and Pranav Garg examine these issues in a fascinating new paper titled, "Dancing with the stars: Benefits of a star employee’s temporary absence for organizational performance" - published in Strategic Management Journal. They examined how teams performed when a player was lost due to injury for a period of time.

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A Story from Google Shows You Don’t Need Power to Drive Strategy

Harvard Business Review

One such project addressed a user’s control of his personal data. Brian started out working with two like-minded colleagues, but he soon attracted a broader team of coders and supporters. But Brian’s accomplishment challenges conventional definitions of strategic leadership. They work with an eye toward scale.