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How Shackleton built his High Performance Team

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4 Lessons Private Equity Leaders Can Learn from Boeing’s Leadership Failures

In the early 2010s, Boeing was locked in a fierce commercial dogfight. Airbus had just launched the A320neo, a sleek, fuel-efficient aircraft that sent shockwaves through the airline industry. The response from customers was immediate and emphatic—billions of dollars in orders poured in, leaving Boeing scrambling to respond. Time was the enemy. Designing an entirely…

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If you are really busy then STOP – take five minutes to read this…

If you ask someone ‘how they are?’ there is a good chance that you will be met with a response that in some way alludes to how ‘busy’ they are. The world today is filled with choice and opportunities. Every single day we are presented with hundreds of opportunities, forks in the road which present…