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Succession Planning: Not Just for Older Leaders

N2Growth Blog

There is also ample evidence that there is a lifecycle of effectiveness for any business leader (perhaps this holds true for leader in any field, even politicians!)

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Why Women Should Lead Boldly

LDRLB

Sharon Hadary and Lauren Henderson, authors of “How Women Lead: The 8 Essential Strategies Successful Women Know,” recently wrote a blog entitled “Why Women Should Lead Boldly.” The research that shows how capable women are as leaders is relatively new since concrete, supporting data was only getting published around 2006.

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Customer-Centric Org Charts Aren’t Right for Every Company

Harvard Business Review

In his 2006 survey of U.S. Henderson of the University of Oregon and Irina V. The idea that companies should adopt customer-centric structures has been around in both academia and practice for a while, but it was George S. Day of Wharton who reignited interest in the concept. managers , he said the proportion of U.S.

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How Software Is Helping Big Companies Dominate

Harvard Business Review

In 1990, Rebecca Henderson, now a professor at Harvard Business School, published a paper that provides a theoretical basis for the success of full-stack startups. Incumbent companies aren’t necessarily bad at using new technologies, Henderson argued, based on her study of the photolithography industry. Architectural Innovation.