Sentences with phrase «of a cautionary tale of»

This is more of a cautionary tale of the downside of power and ego.

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Yet in a recent Harvard Business Review article titled «The Authenticity Paradox,» Insead professor Herminia Ibarra discusses interesting research on the subject and tells the cautionary tale of a newly promoted general manager who admitted to subordinates that she felt scared in her expanded role, asking them to help her succeed.

In 2003, The Kavanagh Decision (Newfoundland Association of Public and Private Employees v. Newfoundland) serves as a cautionary tale we all need to be mindful of.

Instead, it's a cautionary tale that's increasingly common: A slick crowdfunding campaign that rockets off based solely on the hype of the crowd before there is any evidence that the idea is feasible or that the campaigners have any idea what they're doing.

Today, the Seagram name is a cautionary tale; 24 % of DuPont, meanwhile, is worth $ 13.9 billion.

For would - be Amazon partners, this is just the latest cautionary tale about the risks of doing business with the online retail giant: No matter what the company says, there are no equal partnerships when Amazon is involved.

The tragedy may have provided a cautionary tale to a young Jobs, since it's the story of an aged monarch going crazy trying to divide up his kingdom.

The boycott is a cautionary tale about the risks entrepreneurs take, and it's also a marketing lesson about knowing your customers, and getting in front of the story you tell about your brand.

A more recent cautionary tale involved the costly unwinding of the Stronach family's control of Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG).

Corbin, author of Preventing BrandSlaughter: How to Preserve, Support, and Grow Your Brand Asset Value, shares two cautionary tales of prominent businesses who failed to uphold brand integrity and faced consumer backlash.

Argentina is one of the toughest business climates on earth, and, in some circles at least, a cautionary tale for U.S. policymaking.

One of the greatest cautionary tales that brewers should consider before selling their business is the case study of what happened to Austin - based Celis Brewery.

And in an era of spectacular business crashes and federal bailouts, it still stands as a valuable cautionary tale that must be heeded.»

The recent experience of a friend of mine with a chain store (names and trademarks omitted to protect the innocent) provides a cautionary tale at the intersection of ethics and customer service.

Want a cautionary tale of a website that probably didn't do adequate load testing?

It's a cautionary tale on the fickle fortunes of social media, but also a reminder of the size of the stakes.

It is a hamfisted cautionary tale about global warming (which, via the film's scientific hand - waving, produces an ice age), but it also functions as a powerful 9/11 allegory, celebrating the ability of New Yorkers to unify in the face of tragedy.

The road to Latin America has also been littered with cautionary tales of crippled projects.

It's striking how many of marketing's cautionary tales begin with someone wanting to improve something.

As it turns out, however, the company was operating on a foundation of lies and half - truths that have caused the one - time Silicon Valley darling to become a cautionary tale.

Perhaps the cautionary tale of Apple founder Steve Jobs, who was once thrown out of the company he created, persuaded Zuckerberg to insulate himself.

The negative attention that Honest Company's liquid laundry detergent has received recently serve as a cautionary tale to product producers: a company's ability to verify how products are made and what they are made of diminishes with the length of the supply chain.

Read the cautionary tales of 3 entrepreneurs who were duped into bad business decisions but continued to thrive.

There's also a cautionary tale in the form of Munchery, a California startup that, like Maple, also runs the «full stack,» but has reportedly suffered from food waste and other issues despite raising more than three times the amount in Maple's coffers.

It's an oft - cited cautionary tale about the dangers of a prolonged sports work stoppage.

His story became, for some, a cautionary tale of concentrating power and neglecting succession planning.

It's a cautionary tale for investors, albeit one that might just have a happy ending because of Hunter.

Facebook is quickly becoming a prolific purveyor of modern cautionary tales for entrepreneurs.

Part of the problem for vodka is a potential cautionary tale for whiskey: flavors aren't as popular as they once were.

But that maneuver also comes with a history of cautionary tales, most notably that of Facebook (fb).

His tale of failure is a cautionary tale of what happens when you dream too big without enough capital, cash flow or planning.

Energy Future is just another one to add to the list of cautionary tales.

Thanks to Mackay's vivid account, tulips are a well - known cautionary tale, applied to asset bubbles of all types; here's the problem, though: there's a decent chance Mackay's account is completely wrong.

Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk could have avoided some serious production headaches this spring had he registered the cautionary tale of GM's disastrous experimentation with robotics in the 1980s — and not tried to hot - wire the necessarily rigid protocols of large - scale auto manufacturing with Silicon Valley's quicksilver creative process, writes Arstechnica.

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John H. Durham, the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, discussed «The Use of Informants: A Cautionary Tale.»

The crisis, which has affected every level of government in the state, is a cautionary tale for not only public spending run amok but also independent investors taking too large of a risk by seeking high yields.

As the digital wave continues to sweep across the fashion industry, other players should see the current plight of H&M as a cautionary tale.

But she apparently missed all the cautionary tales of abuse heaped on beauty brands such as SheaMoisture, Dove, L'Oreal's Elvive and more in social media the past year over slights against women of color — either real or highly enhanced by the outrage machine.

More importantly for today's Republican leaders of the House and Senate, Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell, respectively, the story of how Cleveland winged himself back into office presents a cautionary tale that should dissuade their embrace of the current president's more protectionist proclivities.

Credit card users today are savvy shoppers of the many loyalty programs out there, and the demise of Plenti by American Express is a cautionary tale of the intense competition for cardholders» allegiance.

A combination of inspirational success stories and cautionary tales can be a powerful emotional motivator.

From a tulip craze to a dotcom bubble, read the cautionary tales of the stock market's greatest disasters.

The main argument for evergreen funding for new ventures are the cautionary tales of startups that grew too fast and quickly outpaced their business model to the point that a profitable business on one scale becomes a ruined venture on the larger scale.

Econo - metrics: The July trade report also serves as a cautionary tale of what life could be like without NAFTA, as exports to the U.S. and Mexico suffered significantly

But what could now hurt Benchmark's business is a new fear factor that has gripped a young class of entrepreneurs, who perhaps see Kalanick's ouster as a cautionary tale for their own companies down the road.

But it's also nothing to be commended as a model for others, except as a cautionary tale about the effects of surrendering to the spirit of the age.

Bob, your inability to express disagreement in civil language speaks further of your panic and desperation in the darkness, being unable to see your own hypocrisy, and is a shining example of a hardened heart and a cautionary tale for all who are not yet as far along your stumbling path to see.

It is Hamlet's emphasis on what has been called the «incomprehensibility of man» that makes the play something of a cautionary tale for the modern pastor.

As is the case with jeremiads, The Decline and Fall of the Catholic Church in America sometimes exaggerates and distorts, but it is, all in all, a cautionary tale that should be heeded by bishops, priests, theologians, and lay leaders responsible for the future of Catholicism in America.