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What It Takes to Become CEO

HBR On Leadership

CHAPTER

The Negative Consequences of Strategy Failures

Dan O'Brien came to HBR from an organization that was failing because it was downsizing. He didn't have to personally lay anybody off, but he certainly saw friends. You don't want to give the people who remain a sense that you're amputating the finger one knuckle at a time.

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