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March 2013 Leadership Development Carnival

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership says, “A lot of leaders make the mistake of using the same conflict management strategy for all kinds of conflict. She says, “As our work becomes more complex, so do our ethical dilemmas.” Leadership Development – a Key Strategy in Change Management , by Jennifer V.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Core Business. Enron (like many other companies) got into areas beyond their core competencies. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. by Hank Moore.

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What If Google Had a Hedge Fund?

Harvard Business Review

Google Trends is fast becoming an indispensable tool for many analysts who believe — as Brin does — that the wisdom (and/or delusions) of googling crowds can successfully inform investment strategies worldwide. Would our opportunities be more global? Who would want to invest with us?

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How Merck Is Trying to Keep Disrupters at Bay

Harvard Business Review

With its Emerging Businesses (EB) group (where one of us serves as President), Merck started a journey about three years ago with a core investment thesis: there are areas of growing unmet need in health care that intersect with its established competencies. But the Council was not the typical think tank for brainstorming ideas.

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Meet Your New R&D Team: Social Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

As Steve Davis, former lead in McKinsey's Social Innovation practice and president of the global health NGO, Path, has said: "The best social innovations are not necessarily widely adopted. What happens when you reverse that model and place these investments at the front-end of your corporate innovation strategy?