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	For millennials, conducting business with a purpose that goes beyond making profits is critically important in determining the kind of company they want to work for - and the kind of company with whom they are willing to do business.   
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	Exceptional businesses sustain bottom-line results, which they invest to create meaningful, positive impact for their stakeholders.   
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	I grew up in India. From my childhood, I remember the great reverence that people held for our national hero, Mahatma Gandhi. He galvanized millions to march as one, disarmed the empire that had ruled his country for nearly a century, and enabled India to become a free and independent nation.   
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	I'm good at what I do. I'm really, really good at what I do, and I'm not saying this with any level of arrogance.   
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	Exceptional firms have always been good at aligning their mission or purpose with their execution and, as a result, have enjoyed category leadership in sales and profits.   
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	Leadership changes, and evolving marketplace conditions can significantly impact business strategy.   
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	I had this scholarship, two pairs of tight jeans, and a couple of hundred extra dollars, and I showed up in Oregon and went to school there.   
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	While I was in school, a local magazine picked the 10 best students, and they picked me and profiled me in the magazine.   
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	It is no longer enough to have a good product. A company's purpose and the way it treats its employees and the global community to which it belongs is also of great importance.   
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	As a society, we need to refocus on creating an economy that works for everyone. I believe the business community is in the best position to lead the way.   
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	Success in M&As comes with executing with vigour along with the obvious right choices that you got to make.   
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	Defining, embedding, and living core beliefs set the stage for executives and employees to connect. Through actions that consistently convey who we are and how we act, executives can inspire employees to believe in the organization's values and buy in to its brand.   
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	For acquiring companies, the excitement is almost always about where they are going - that is, their strategy for gaining greater growth and productivity. But when mergers fail, it's often because no one focused on who they are - that is, their culture, which is critical to successfully bringing different groups of people together.   
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	Are businesses really benefitting if their communities are suffering? It doesn't seem like it.   
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	Most millennials have no problem standing their ground when asked to do something that conflicts with their personal values.   
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	An organization's culture of purpose answers the critical questions of who it is and why it exists. They have a culture of purpose beyond making a profit.   
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	I wish I was a great cricket player, but I am not.   
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	In order to generate extraordinary profits, you must have a focus that is beyond profits. You need to focus on how you serve your clients.   
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	Leaders who understand the importance of the intangible elements contributing to workplace culture become sensitive to what makes their organization truly special. That is how they define core values and beliefs that are unique, simple, leader-led, repetitive, and embedded - transforming themselves from good to exceptional.   
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	Rethinking product supply chains offers another opportunity for traditional enterprises to introduce a host of positive outcomes.   
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	Gandhi held no formal position of authority. Nor was there an organized army standing behind him. What he did have were his core beliefs and the audacity to speak truth to power.   
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	Fresh out of grad school, I arrived for my first day of work at Deloitte ready for the long haul. For my generation, that's what those early years were about - laying the foundation for a lifelong career with a great organization. More than 30 years later, I'm still with Deloitte, and I have no regrets.   
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	For any young people looking for job opportunities, good grades and academic results are important, but what is more important may be showing you are someone who has the drive and capability and can fit in the company culture.   
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	When employees join executives in truly owning the responsibility for business success, an exciting new sense of teamwork takes hold.   
