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New Study IDs Best Companies for Leadership?, Innovation

Great Leadership By Dan

Hay Group just released its seventh annual Best Companies for Leadership Study. The Best Companies for Leadership consistently outperform their peers. Dan : Over the years, what seems to be the foundation for great leadership development? The Top 20 connect leadership development with the business strategy. Not at all.

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A Life in Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

A Life In Leadership: From D-Day to Ground Zero: An Autobiography John Whitehead Basic Books (2005) Note: I re-read this book before reading Steven Mandis’ recently published book, What Happened to Goldman Sachs: An Insider’s Story of Organization Drift, published by Harvard Business Review Press (2013).

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Leadership Through a Transparent Lens

Strategy Driven

An authentic broker-investor relationship is a microcosm of transparent leadership because a fiduciary duty epitomizes the highest of standards. At the risk of sounding negative, I do not think most people in leadership positions are transparent. I believe that transparent leadership embraces this truth. All rights reserved.

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Holding Powerful & Arrogant Bosses Accountable

Coaching Tip

Winston, a former executive responsible for leadership development at the Countrywide Financial Corporation, spent three years in a legal battle against Countrywide, the once-mighty mortgage giant, and its current owner, Bank of America, contending that he was punished and pushed out for not toeing the company line. million in damages.

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Robert Steven Kaplan: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Prior to joining Harvard Business School in September 2005, Rob served as Vice Chairman of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. with […].

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N2Growth Helps Businesses Combine Strategy & Innovation for a Consumer-First Approach to Digital Transformation

N2Growth Blog

Digital transformation starts at a strategic level with leadership being committed to change. Advisory Services Focused on Leadership Training & Organization. N2Growth’s Founder and Chairman, Mike Myatt, has a diverse background of professional leadership in the banking industry, law, internet strategy, and advertising.

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The Gender Stall Effect

LDRLB

A fascinating and extremely well done study recently published in Administrative Science Quarterly sheds new light on the integration of women into the workforce using longitudinal data from the US Equal Opportunity Employment Commission between 1975 and 2005. For example, the next time you are in your neighborhood bank, take a look around.