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Three Reasons Leaders Should Ask for Help

Next Level Blog

That’s until one of the coaches asked him to talk about the biggest thing he’s learned in his current assignment. To my surprise, his answer was, “I’ve learned to ask for help.”. He went on to talk about how the complexity and challenges of what he was doing caused him to confront his limitations. Impressive, but not unique.

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October 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Rather than have the (internal) knee jerk/lizard brain reaction when seeing someone not wearing a mask, it’s time to flip it, and to thank those who do. What three lessons can we learn from her? Marcia shares: “ Coaxing vs. Challenging – do you know the difference? Once you get there you excel at what you do.

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Understanding Financial Leverage

Harvard Business Review

The other, on face value, has little to do with control: "the use of credit to enhance one's speculative capacity." Combining the two suggests that the party which borrows has the leverage — they have the power and advantage over others. Somehow, that flies in the face of what many of us learned at an early age.

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Private Equity’s New Phase

Harvard Business Review

The primary focus was on fixing the acquired firm through financial restructuring, dramatic cost cutting, and strategic slashing. Though autonomous, they can improve their operating capabilities and speed up their time to reinvention by learning from each other.

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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business Review

Our models suggest that by 2025 global financial capital could easily surpass a quadrillion dollars, more than 10 times global GDP. And the average long-term ROE is more than 25%, reflecting improved efficiency combined with greater reliance on financial leverage at most companies. times global GDP).

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