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12 Core Competencies For Great Leadership

Lead Change Blog

They thrive on facts, figures and numbers—whether it’s ROI, ROE, or EBIDTA. Great leaders leverage diversity and appreciate talent. They actively seek out and leverage diversity of every type. Great leaders are ethical and trustworthy. Great leaders are tactical and flexible. Great leaders build collaborative communities.

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Women Directors Change How Boards Work

Harvard Business Review

The examples are numerous: Citing private internal research of 20,000 client teams, EY’s vice chair Beth Brooke has said that the more diverse teams had higher profitability and great client satisfaction than non-diverse teams. In addition, diverse boards that were not properly managed created distrust and dissatisfaction.

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