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Reality Checks Leaders Must Give Themselves in 2016 (Part One)

Lead Change Blog

They will then operate on those realities, often in support of elevating their own and other people’s behaviors and actions. Today, I am sharing three reality checks that will help you gauge your leadership aptitude and assess whether changes need to be made going into 2016. Consider the bullet point “showing loyalty,” for example.

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Research Suggests Firms Should Look Externally For New Bosses

The Horizons Tracker

New markets The data implies a lively market for CEOs, enticed by the prospect of elevated remuneration, reduced public scrutiny, and the operational proficiency that private equity (PE) firms offer. The study also noted that there were around 30,000 private equity deals with a total value of $4 trillion between 2016 and 2021.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

Superbosses can be fierce or gentle, belligerent or self-depreciating, but whatever their style, they do a much better job inspiring and teaching because they get in their trenches with protégés, leading by example and giving them personalized attention they require to move up quickly. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Soft Skills

N2Growth Blog

” HBR June 2016. ” Harvard Business Review , June 2016. For example, when you speak with a candidate, they seem to have that special sparkle and intensity that sets them apart, with charisma and thought leadership. There are essential soft skill-sets more pertinent to managing a portfolio company.

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Eric Budd Presentation on Data and Operational Definitions

Deming Institute

Eric Budd’s presentation at the 2016 Annual Deming Institute Conference: An Exercise in Operational Definition. And in this example the data even has an operational definition used in collecting the data. The variation in the data from this example also shows the importance of iteration.

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Organizational Health and Performance: Beyond Performance 2.0

Leading Blog

The authors define performance as “what an enterprise does to deliver improved results for its stakeholders in financial and operational terms. Samsung’s 2016 Galaxy Note 7 smartphone recall was attributed to its “deeply entrenched culture of urgency.” Health is about the how. An equal focus on health would have mitigated these issues.

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A Year-End Note Of Inspiration To Keep Pushing Ahead

Tanveer Naseer

In the case of 2016, there seems to be a common consensus that this was a particularly bad year which many are glad to see come to an end. Of course, what is interesting about these negative impressions regarding this year is that the outcomes that many use to define 2016 as being a particularly ‘bad year’ have yet to be felt.

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