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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. What are necessary change skills? Communication. With Words.

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Research: CEOs with Diverse Networks Create Higher Firm Value

Harvard Business Review

Our study , published in the Journal of Corporate Finance, found that CEOs with strong connections to people of different demographic backgrounds and skill sets create higher firm value. We wanted to explore whether the diversity of CEOs’ networks might affect their firms.