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July 2016 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the July 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Art writes, “The emerging digital and technology-driven world demands that we rethink everything about how we manage, lead, structure and run our organizations. Let’s Get Started. ” Discover The Thought Board on Twitter at @commworks.

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Value-Added Leadership

Strategy Driven

Organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. You employ state-of-the-art technology and are in the vanguard of your industry. You have and regularly update-benchmark a strategy for the future, shared company Vision, ethics, Big Picture thinking and “walk the talk.” Culture and Mission.

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Praising Customers for Ethical Purchases Can Backfire

Harvard Business Review

Like leading the way in cup technology with the first U.S. ” These customer-praising marketing messages are part of a broader trend in “corporate societal marketing,” which aim to emphasize companies’ social efforts to consumers. hot cups made with 10% post-consumer recycled fiber. Good for you, you.”

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How Organizations Can Thrive in the Digital Economy - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM KORN FERRY

Harvard Business Review

Gartner predicts 41 percent of enterprise revenue will come from digital business by 2020—almost double what the percentage was in 2015 (Gartner, 2016). Open organizations thrive in this climate by being deliberately transparent about their ethics, responsibilities, decisions, and practices. November 2016).

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The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies

Harvard Business Review

Businesses are more profitable and productive when they act ethically, treat their staff well, and communicate better with their customers, according to the latest Lady Geek Global Empathy Index. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Whole Foods Market.

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. At the end of 2016, Fitch Ratings estimated that all robo-advisors managed under U.S.$100B will grow to U.S. $5 5 trillion to U.S. $7

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Finance Can Be a Noble Profession (Yes, Really)

Harvard Business Review

I seldom, if ever, hear that apologetic tone from students choosing technology companies or consulting. To give one example of this, in 2016 18% of Harvard undergraduates and 28% of Harvard MBAs went directly into finance, while 29% of the undergraduates of Ohio State’s Fisher College of Business did.