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LeadershipNow 140: January 2017 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here's Why Emotions Are The Secret Sauce Of Innovation by ‏@HessEdward. Seven Attributes of the Most Innovative Cultures by Gordon Redding via @INSEADKnowledge. Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. The Impoverishment of Attention by Shane Parrish @farnamstreet. Do You Lead Positive?

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Five New Year’s Resolutions Every Leader Should Make

Harvard Business Review

But recent research from the Center for Talent Innovation (PDF) shows that an inherently diverse workforce can be a potent source of innovation, as diverse individuals are better attuned to the unmet needs of consumers or clients like themselves. How can leaders leverage and develop diverse talent in 2014? Be more inclusive.

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U.S. Latinos Feel They Can’t Be Themselves at Work

Harvard Business Review

According to a new study published by the Center for Talent Innovation, Latinos at Work: Unleashing the Power of Culture , most Latinos in the U.S. They modify their appearance, body language, and communication style — all components of executive presence (EP), that intangible element that defines leadership material.

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Business Needs to Do What Government Can't

Harvard Business Review

Our research with members of the global C-suite, and with leading sustainability and innovation experts, has identified seven vectors of breakthrough change. Levi Strauss, intriguingly, has used biomimetic techniques in developing new production techniques for jeans. Zeitz is also rolling out the EP&L across the holding group PPR.

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Managing in an Age of Winner-Take-All

Harvard Business Review

Consider management actions such as cutting jobs and investment as a response to currency fluctuations and the resulting accounting impact of those cuts on earnings per share (EPS). Share buybacks are preferred to investment in innovation, entrepreneurship, and value creation.

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How Amazon Trained Its Investors to Behave

Harvard Business Review

Clayton Christensen has long complained that standard financial metrics can be enemies of innovation and growth. With Amazon, though, nobody emphasizes EPS. But when you combine Amazon's success with its resolute unwillingness to take financial markets too seriously, the result is an amazing thing to see.

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The 6 Ways Business Leaders Talk About Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

The focus of people using a resources frame to understand sustainability is often on waste reduction and technological innovation. One way to expand your thinking is to look to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, whose time horizon is 2030; think of them as a purchase order from the future. The Design Frame.

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