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The Changing Landscape of C-Suite Executive Tenures: Insights and Implications

N2Growth Blog

A study by Equilar reveals that the median tenure among S&P 500 companies has decreased by 20% from six years in 2013 to 4.8 In 2013, the average CEO tenure stood at 7.6 Key Trends and Considerations In the last three years, there has been a noticeable shift towards shorter, more performance-driven executive terms.

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13 Leadership Temptations (to Conquer in 2013)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton 13 Leadership Temptations To Conquer In 2013 We're starting a new year, with fresh possibilities, and it is a good time to think about our leadership values. What do we believe? How do we treat others? What matters to us? Can people determine our values just by watching how we treat people?

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Hope Is What People Need from Leaders Today

Michael Lee Stallard

Brooks differentiated the terms this way in an article in The Atlantic : “Optimism is the belief that things will turn out all right; hope makes no such assumption but is a conviction that one can act to make things better in some way.” In terms of the pandemic, there is a realistic basis to be optimistic.

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Are Firms Becoming More Short-Termist?

The Horizons Tracker

Short-termism is seldom regarded as a positive attribute for managers to adopt, especially at a time of disruption and change. Alas, research from the Cornell Business School suggests that American firms, and indeed investors and policymakers, are actually becoming more and more short-term oriented. Discounted returns.

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Preview Thursday: Benefit Corporation Law and Governance: Pursuing Profit with Purpose

Lead Change Blog

Yet the introduction of the “benefit corporation” gives leaders an opportunity to remake our business culture, and perhaps save the planet from our very human short-term bias. A short-term focus on profits led to the 2008 financial crisis and is creating worsening climate risk on a daily basis.

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How Do You Score on the Business Stress-O-Meter?

Next Level Blog

The short and incomplete list included integrating an acquired company, moving his company’s headquarters to a new location, the annual planning process and addressing some significant new competitive threats. If you scored higher than you think is healthy, I have some short-term and long-term advice.

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The Importance Of Corporate Venturing During Covid-19

The Horizons Tracker

The paper highlights how corporate venturing is a rapidly expanding endeavor, and corporate investments in startups have grown from 980 in 2013 to 3,232 per year today. Maintaining an innovation agenda is paramount for the long-term survival of organizations,” the researchers say. ” Making it work.