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...business failure, to be sure, is an essential part of capitalism. There is still the inevitable weeding out of underachievers that economist Joseph Schumpeter termed "creative destruction." And no doubt many companies respond to missteps by becoming stronger. "Every company will have mistakes," says Harvard Business School's Rosabeth Moss Kanter, author of Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End. "Some deal with them better than others...
...Alexandra B. Moss...
...Happening was compiled by Marie E. Burks, Julie S. Greenberg, May Habib, Steven N. Jacobs, Bryant A. Jones, Emily M. Kaplan, Christopher A. Kukstis, Doug E. Lieb, Timothy J. McGinn, Alexandra B. Moss, David B. Rochelson, Zachary M. Seward, and Scoop A. Wasserstein...
...winners win and losers lose? The key is neither talent nor money but rather attitude, writes Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter in her latest book, Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End. Kanter pulls case studies from business, sports and politics, including extended inside looks at Gillette, Continental Airlines and the British Broadcasting Corporation. Her conclusion is that winning organizations--from NFL franchises to FORTUNE 500 companies--share three core characteristics: they instill accountability at all levels, cultivate collaboration and teamwork and encourage initiative and innovation. With illustrative examples, Kanter lays out how to overcome...
Organizers of the letter decided they would only allow tenured and emeritus professors to sign. Moss said the move was designed to avoid situations in which tenured professors would encourage junior faculty to join the open letter effort. “Requests from senior professors can seem like they have some sort of pressure attached,” Moss said...