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Eighth Annual Hay Group Study Identifies Best Companies for Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

There’s Chief Executive’s 2012 40 Best Companies for Leaders , Fortune’s 25 Top Companies for Leaders , and the just published Hay Group Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20. Could Mark Zuckerberg be the next Jack Welch when it comes to talent development? The Best Companies emphasize innovation. 68 percent.

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The Real Reasons Companies Are So Focused on the Short Term

Harvard Business Review

Quarterly profits have only increased 5% since 2012 , but investors’ valuations of those profits (as measured by earnings per share) has increased 59% over the same period. In contrast, companies with a long-term orientation are rewarded with a lower cost of capital, which allows them to afford more innovation—a virtuous cycle.