The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (790 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1118829425 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Anyone with a stake in tomorrow’s bottom-line outcomes should take a close look at Karlgaard’s cutting-edge book.”—Amy Edmondson,Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School, and author ofTeaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy“The Soft Edge is an eye-opener: Rich Karlgaard makes the utterly convincing argument that the soft side of business makes all the difference to a company’s ability to thrive in the long run. As is often the case, Rich Karlgaard once again successfully ‘zigs’ with his clever premise of The Soft
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