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Navigating the Unknown: Leadership in an Era of Uncertainty

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 Leading through the mists of uncertainty can feel formidable; yet, it unveils a chance to display resilience, adaptability, and visionary leadership. Here are a tapestry of strategies to amplify your prowess in traversing unpredictable realms: Embrace Flexibility and Adaptability Stay Agile: Nurture a malleable work atmosphere that empowers teams to swiftly shift and respond to emerging insights and changing tides. Iterative Planning: Break down long-term visions into smaller, manageable milestones that can be recalibrated as needed, allowing for continual reassessment and evolution. Communicate Transparently Honest Updates: Keep your team apprised of the current landscape, even when the news is less than favorable. Transparency begets trust and ensures collective alignment. Open Dialogue: Foster a space where team members feel emboldened to express their concerns and ideas, enriching insights and uplifting morale. Focus on What You Can Control Identify Priorities: Direct your ene...
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Harvard Graduates on Quora reveal key strategies that helped them get into world's top B-school

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About 1 in 10 applicants were accepted last year at the  Harvard Business School , the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and  Wharton  – all of them are the top ranked  Business Schools  in the world.  What really distinguishes that one candidate who was accepted from the rest? Is there a way we can get sure-shot ways of knowing the parameter used for judging candidates during interviews? Maybe not.  But we can definitely get closer to perfection if we get an insider’s perspective, basically get to know about the kind of people who study at let’s say HBS, their qualities, their background and their personality.  So we collated answers from the posts of several Quora users, who also happen to be studying or ex-graduates from HBS, as they shared valuable information about what could help you to land into the world’s top B-school. Here are some key points that caught our attention:  Apply by your mid 20's:   HBS s...
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Revive the Balanced Scorecard for Your 21st-Century Startup

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The balanced scorecard is a familiar accessory in the corporate world. Its early legacy includes a period in the early 1900s when French companies used the  tableau de bord  -- or dashboard.  Harvard Business School professor Robert Kaplan and David Norton made the case for the modern scorecard in a 1992  Harvard Business Review  article (and subsequent writings) to give managers and executives a strategic framework for their performance in all areas of business that would integrate financial and nonfinancial measures.   So what does this corporate tradition have to do with a 21st-century startup? Actually, a lot. Often, startup founders don’t dedicate enough time to establishing solid metrics to measure the company's structure: They’re too busy building every aspect of their company's brand from the ground up. But the sooner you balance all the elements that will help you determine how...
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