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Research Suggests Firms Should Look Externally For New Bosses

The Horizons Tracker

Choosing leaders The authors examined 193 private equity (PE)-backed companies valued at $1 billion or more, a figure comparable to mid-sized public firms in the S&P 400 Index, that were acquired between 2010 and 2016. Paying off The advantages of appointing an external CEO for private equity firms are clear, the research suggests.

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20 Most Popular Posts on the Curious Cat Management Blog in 2016

Curious Cat

These posts were the most popular posts on the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog in 2016 (as measured by page views, as recorded by my analytics application). The Toyota Way – Two Pillars (2010). How to Manage What You Can’t Measure (2010) *. The aim of leadership is not merely to find and record failures of men (2011) *.

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Think SoLoMo or SoCoLoMo – Social Commerce, Local & Mobile – For Digital Success

Modern Servant Leader

In an evolving digital work place, it is critical for leaders to think of their products, services and leadership in terms of SoCoLoMo. Employee Trust: 82% of employees say they trust a company more when the CEO and leadership team communicate via social media. Billion in 2010 to 7.9 Why is SoCoLoMo important? Billion in 2015.

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A History of the Job Listing and How It Just Died [Infographic]

Kevin Eikenberry

2016 was the year the online job listing finally went belly up. First, here’s what happened in 2016. The early 2000s saw Careerbuilder and Monster going head-to-head for market leadership – largely in a race for distribution. This is driven by the fact that what people want from a job and a company has changed.

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Avoid Doing the Wrong things Righter…But, “By What Method?”

Deming Institute

In one of his conversations found on YouTube and posted on January 11, 2010 (the year following his death), Dr. Ackoff provides the following insight about leaders doing the “right and wrong” things in the systems they lead: Peter Drucker said “There’s a difference between doing things right and doing the right thing.” 2010, January).

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Depth Before Height

Joseph Lalonde

A fter our first break, we’re ready to hear James Brown.

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Deadly Disease of Management: Emphasis on Short-term Profits

Deming Institute

In Warren Buffett’s 2010 annual letter to shareholders he mentions the advantage Berkshire Hathaway has because it doesn’t focus on short term results: At GEICO, for example, we enthusiastically spent $900 million last year on advertising to obtain policyholders who deliver us no immediate profits. In Profit Beyond Measure by H.