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Company Leaders Whose Best Work Happened Away from the Spotlight

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Business Leaders Known for Unusually Clear Shareholder Letters
Business Leaders Known for Unusually Clear Shareholder Letters
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Charlie Munger
Most annual letters are written by committees to say nothing. The handful here are worth reading because their authors explain how the business makes money, admit mistakes in plain words and say...
Business
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Executives Who Made Staff Development Part of the Job
Executives Who Made Staff Development Part of the Job
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Colleen Barrett
Training becomes more useful when it connects to work, responsibility and opportunities to progress. These executives backed or strengthened identifiable systems, from company schools and...
Business
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Business Leaders Who Made Succession Work
Business Leaders Who Made Succession Work
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Tim Cook
Handing over the top job is where many strong companies stumble. This list covers both sides of successions that held up: leaders who planned their own exit and picked or developed a successor...
Business
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Business Leaders with Contrasting Approaches to Growth
Business Leaders with Contrasting Approaches to Growth
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Henry Earl Singleton
Buying competitors, opening shops, developing new products and deciding to slow down are very different ways to build a company. These leaders make the differences concrete. Start with Buffett...
Business
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Entrepreneurs Who Built Companies with Their Siblings
Entrepreneurs Who Built Companies with Their Siblings
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Roy O. Disney
A shared surname tells you little about who did the work. These sibling partnerships make more sense when you separate creative decisions, financing, product development and the daily business of...
Business
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Entrepreneurs Who Built Business Partnerships That Lasted Decades
Entrepreneurs Who Built Business Partnerships That Lasted Decades
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Roy O. Disney
Long-running business partnerships are easier to understand when you look at the work each person did. These founders worked together for at least two decades, sometimes as joint executives...
Business
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Business Leaders Who Changed How Supply Chains Handle Disruption
Business Leaders Who Changed How Supply Chains Handle Disruption
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Tim Cook
The most useful supply-chain stories explain what changed when a supplier, factory or route stopped working. These leaders responded through alternative sourcing, selective stocks, production...
Business
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People Whose Apprenticeships Shaped an Unusual Career
People Whose Apprenticeships Shaped an Unusual Career
by curious_compiler  • 
More from curious_compiler
Apprenticeship rarely gets the credit that a university degree does, yet many remarkable careers started with years of hands-on training in a workshop, kitchen, print shop or tailor's. This list...
People
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Political Organisers Who Changed American Elections
Political Organisers Who Changed American Elections
by curious_compiler  • 
More from curious_compiler
American elections are usually told through candidates. This list is about the people who changed who votes, how they are reached and how the map is drawn: party builders, voter registration...
Politics
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People Who Turned a Personal Collection into a Public Resource
People Who Turned a Personal Collection into a Public Resource
by curious_compiler  • 
More from curious_compiler
Many of the world's great museums and libraries began as one person's obsession: shelves of books, cabinets of curiosities, crates of paintings or boxes of old records. This list follows...
People
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Entrepreneurs Who Turned Trade Skills into Businesses
Entrepreneurs Who Turned Trade Skills into Businesses
by curious_compiler  • 
Trending in Business
Before the company names came work with tools, materials and customers. These biographies connect practical trades with businesses: plumbing, shoemaking, baking, pottery, metalwork, hairdressing...
Business
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