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October 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the October 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Communication. Diana Peterson-More shared Covid Communication: Spread a Little Kindness.

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Three Reasons Leaders Should Ask for Help

Next Level Blog

There’s a ton of leverage that comes with a designated leadership position. Just like financial leverage, leadership leverage can yield amazing outcomes when used well or disastrous outcomes when used poorly. Role modeling positive behaviors like asking for help almost always yields positive outcomes.

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Are Bosses Always Over-Confident?

The Horizons Tracker

Strategic nonconformity was measured on any deviation from industry-level means across six categories, including inventory levels, advertising intensity, R&D intensity, and financial leverage.

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Private Equity’s New Phase

Harvard Business Review

But just as rental houses are often given minimal maintenance, leaders of acquired firms brought in only the minimum leadership necessary. This shift means that PE firms’ approaches to talent and leadership must also change. Traditionally, PE firms bring financial discipline and strategic clarity to firms they acquire.

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Research: CEOs with Diverse Networks Create Higher Firm Value

Harvard Business Review

To estimate the effect of a CEO’s social network’s diversity on their firm’s value, we used ordinary least square regression models to control for other variables that could potentially change firm value, such as firm size, profitability, financial leverage, investment intensity, and corporate governance.