Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

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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Leadership Development Development Leadership Follow-up 363

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 7, 2023

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. By contrast, when these bosses operate in environments that are not dynamic, they’re more likely to follow the pack.

Financial Leverage 108

Financial Leverage CEO Fashion Environment 108

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2016

These “buy, fix, manage, and then sell” PE firms were essentially umbrella holding companies while the acquired firms would become better managed before returning to the public market. KKR, BlackRock, Blackstone) became publicly traded holding companies exploiting capital markets to expand their reach.

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LBO Restructuring Real Estate Leveraged Buy-out 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2018

We measured their firm’s value by Tobin’s Q, a ratio between market value of assets to book value of assets. To translate the economic magnitude of this: A 0.017 increase of firm value is equivalent to an $81 million increase in market capitalization for a median-size firm in our S&P 1500 sample.

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Diversity CEO Sample Financial Leverage 10