The tragedy of the common shareholder

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Maximizing shareholder value is not working.  It's driving so many short term decisions that we seem to be destroying our collective futures.  It's the tragedy of the common all over again. The tragedy of the common occurs when a society shares a "common" resource.  Common grazing areas for sheep are classic examples.  Problems arise because [...]

From “You and Me” to “We”

The Harvard Business Review dedicated its entire January, 2009 issue to “Transforming Leaders”, One takeaway from the issue as a whole is the need to move well from “you and me” to “we”. Of course transitioning leaders must pick the right strategy across Start-ups, Turnarounds, Accelerated Growth, Realignment or Sustaining Success (Watkins).  Of course CEO [...]