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Harvard Management Update 1/1/2008
According to top executives, culture is just as important as strategy when it comes to business success. Employees want to be loyal to their employer and passionate about what they are doing, and only a strong culture can cultivate that kind of ethos. But what exactly is a winning culture? And, just as important, how can a company's leaders instill it?
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