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> ,ascribe,/dailynews/108/ascribe/ Harvard Business School Repor:.shtml, BOSTON, April 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Executives at Enron, Global Crossing, and WorldCom fell from grace in part because key subordinates couldn't penetrate a "code of silence" and tell them the truth about management practices that eventually lead to their company's destruction, according to Michael Beer, professor emeritus at Harvard Business School, and Russell Eisenstat, director of the Center for Organizational Fitness in Waltham, Mass. In their new working paper, "Ensure Your Survival by Leading an Organization-Wide Conversation That Matters," the authors outline a practical method that senior management teams can use to identify, confront, and resolve painful issues.
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BOSTON, April 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Executives at Enron, Global Crossing, and WorldCom fell from grace in part because key subordinates couldn't penetrate a "code of silence" and tell them the truth about management practices that eventually lead to their company's destruction, according to Michael Beer, professor emeritus at Harvard Business School, and Russell Eisenstat, director of the Center for Organizational Fitness in Waltham, Mass. In their new working paper, "Ensure Your Survival by Leading an Organization-Wide Conversation That Matters," the authors outline a practical method that senior management teams can use to identify, confront, and resolve painful issues.