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Leading by Cause

Lead Change Blog

A recent conversation with a community bank CEO focused on his vision for the company. With depth of affirmation around cause preceding effect, why do business leaders focus so heavily on analyzing their numbers, or, focus on the effect instead of the cause?

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The Gift of Struggle

Leading Blog

But Herrera—CEO and cofounder of the HR service company Populus Group—say that’s exactly what leaders do. Here are overviews of some of the gifts you will learn: Share What You Imagine—Build Together: These organizations don’t allow “ROE” (“return on ego”) to compromise the integrity of the culture. Inside every struggle is a gift.

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Why Complexity Sucks

In the CEO Afterlife

You focus on that 20% to generate a high ROE (return on effort). To enact the ‘do less better’ strategy, you have to buy into the notion that 20% of your effort delivers 80% of the rewards. Doing less, better can work throughout an organization.

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Life In A High-Performing Company – An Insider View

Tanveer Naseer

Indeed, these organizations roughly double industry averages on five-year ROA, ROI and ROE. Lafley, former Chairman and CEO of Procter & Gamble once remarked: “The people we hire, and the focus we put on their development as leaders, are critical to P&G’s ability to innovate and compete. The Good News 1.

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Would You Want Carl Icahn to Run Your Company?

Harvard Business Review

They often say to the CEO, you know, he may have a point.". But I find it hard to believe that moving toward a true shareholder democracy in which investors like Icahn can easily replace board members and force CEOs to do their bidding would be an improvement. So, don't give Icahn any points for consistency.

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When Entitlement Meets Unemployment

Harvard Business Review

I just came across a CNN story about how new hires at marketing agency Euro RSCG told their CEO that they want to come in at 10 or later, have free food and a Pilates room, and get reimbursed for their personal trainers. Offer your employer superior ROE — return on employee. Take the first decent job that's offered to you.

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Japan Is Counting on Shareholder Activism to Improve Its Economy

Harvard Business Review

CEOs live in fear of activist hedge funds, and politicians worry about their effects on workers. given that Japanese companies are global outliers in terms of excess cash, low ROEs , and limited domestic growth prospects ). Shareholder activism is a quintessentially American form of investing. In the U.S.,

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