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April 2018 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, employee performance and engagement, personal and professional development, productivity, team building, and more. Development. Communication. Engagement.

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Employees Demand Employers Become More Sustainable

The Horizons Tracker

For instance, in his 2021 “Dear CEO” letter , Blackrock chief Larry Fink wrote that no issue is more important than climate change. Your ambition as a leader will be fundamental to guide the necessary actions to steer your company to sustainability leadership and market success.”.

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Are You an Accidental Soul-Sucking CEO?

Joseph Lalonde

Including the brain trust on your organizational development team. In his 2018 annual letter to CEOs, Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of global investment company, BlackRock, Inc., They’re free to innovate and create market-differentiating, competitive ideas. And their leaders are doing likewise.

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Why an Activist Hedge Fund Cares Whether Apple’s Devices Are Bad for Kids

Harvard Business Review

On January 6, 2017, JANA Partners , a New York–based activist hedge fund, and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) sent a letter to Apple’s board of directors that may change the future of activist investing. According to US SIF , at the end of 2018 there was $8.72

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Tariffs Are the Wrong Way to Fight Unfair Trade Practices

Harvard Business Review

Those subsidies stimulate excess production, depress market prices, and enable SOE-produced products to capture market share beyond accepted norms of competition. Here’s more detail on those developments. Given that only 2% of U.S. steel imports come from China and U.S. aluminum imports account for only 1.4%

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9 Sustainable Business Stories That Shaped 2016

Harvard Business Review

This week, Canada announced it would tax carbon nationally by 2018. At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. For some, it’s about the commercial opportunity to appeal to a new or growing market of rights-focused consumers.

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More and More CEOs Are Taking Their Social Responsibility Seriously

Harvard Business Review

Yet, last month it joined with the California State Teachers’ Retirement System to send a letter to Apple’s board warning about the effects of the company’s devices on children. The same month, Blackrock CEO Larry Fink sent a letter telling companies that his firm would consider social responsibility when making investments.

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