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Three Reasons Leaders Should Ask for Help

Next Level Blog

He’s the leader of a team that’s running some very challenging and game changing technology initiatives for the company. 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.

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Research: CEOs with Diverse Networks Create Higher Firm Value

Harvard Business Review

These connections had to be at least senior managers or higher positions to be considered. We found that the level of network diversity of the acquirer CEO was positively associated with stock market reactions when they took over a target in a different industry or in a different country.

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I Got My Strategy from Greenpeace

Harvard Business Review

But there our story deviates from the norm because our turnaround wasn't based on cost control, financial leverage, or manufacturing efficiencies. We have, for example, developed a technology to take used carpet material back and separate the bitumen backing from the yarn and sell it to the road and roofing industries.