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12 Core Competencies For Great Leadership

Lead Change Blog

Asked to define what a great leader is, many people might say something like “Great leaders have integrity” or “Great leaders inspire people” or “Great leaders lead by service and setting the right example.”. They thrive on facts, figures and numbers—whether it’s ROI, ROE, or EBIDTA. And each one of those answers is correct in its way.

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Women Directors Change How Boards Work

Harvard Business Review

The examples are numerous: Citing private internal research of 20,000 client teams, EY’s vice chair Beth Brooke has said that the more diverse teams had higher profitability and great client satisfaction than non-diverse teams. In addition, diverse boards that were not properly managed created distrust and dissatisfaction.

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How Companies Can Use Investors to Their Advantage

Harvard Business Review

While companies are required to share the same materials with all investors, they can emphasize the elements that will be most relevant to particular investor segments—highlighting stable cash flow for pension funds or payouts for growth-oriented investors, for example.

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End the Religion of ROE

Harvard Business Review

corporation than "what's the ROE on that?" ROE justifies the means. To an extent not widely recognized, it was an equation in the first place that gave ROE the power to dominate not just investment decisions, but an entire business culture. There is no more powerful question in a U.S. Social media spending? Wellness checkups?

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