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Can better management and leadership nurse the NHS back to health?

Chartered Management Institute

Deputy chief operating officer Rachael Birks CMgr FCMI gets involved and calls a swift impromptu meeting to find a suitable bed within her orbit at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. On arrival, I'm greeted warmly by genial chief operating officer Ben Richards CMgr FCMI.

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How To Increase Profits Through Gender-Balanced Leadership

Eric Jacobson

For those organizations who have gender-balanced boards, data is striking: Since 2005, publicly traded companies with more than one women on their boards have seen stock market returns of a compound 3.7 Greenwell is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of national retailer The Finish Line, Inc.

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Stress Isn’t a Threat, It’s a Signal to Change

Harvard Business Review

In my executive coaching practice, I help clients transform their attitude about stress. As he did so, his stress evaporated and he led the executive team to take a bold step toward expanding the business into a complex but potentially lucrative overseas market. Turning stress to your advantage is no easy task.

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