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Doing Well By Doing Good With Darrin Williams, CEO Southern Bancorp

N2Growth Blog

Professor Rebecca Henderson , an esteemed professor of management at Harvard Business School and a world-leading expert in reimagining capitalism, was interested in the Bank’s trajectory and purpose. And it caught Professor Henderson’s eye. He wasn’t used to that kind of attention deep in the heart of Arkansas.

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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2019

Leading Blog

These organizations tend to lag behind in innovation, discretionary effort, morale and ultimately performance. Henderson and Barry C. Similarly, middle-level managers who have proteges are 167 percent more likely to be given stretch assignments. Today, in an instant, leaders can find themselves face-to-face with crisis.

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Leaders As Control Freaks

Joseph Lalonde

More than ever longstanding and excessive tension is robbing leaders of innovation, creative problem solving , positivity and productivity. As you do, epiphanies, connections, and innovation often result. Managing stress and energy is key to high performance every day. This is a guest article by Rosalind Henderson.

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Sustainable Business - Good for Business

CEO Blog

At World Innovation Forum, Harvard''s Rebecca Henderson spoke about sustainable business. She used one of my favorite phrases - "Change is Opportunity" and she did emphasize that change is happening. She recognized that businesses need business cases in order to fully embrace environment and sustainability.

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The 6 Secrets to Effective Manager Communications

Strategy Driven

And since study after study tells us that the most important driver to employee satisfaction is the manager-employee relationship, it only stands to reason that companies should be placing their bets on middle managers to hold the ship together. Use a management cascade so that information goes to them before employees.

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris: 10/15/12

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here are some recent posts that may be of interest to you: REVIEWS How Women Lead: The 8 Essential Strategies Successful Women Know Sharon Hadary and Laura Henderson INTERVIEWS Maria K. Mitchell (Amdec) in “The Corner Office” Interview conducted by Adam Bryant New York Times Thomas M. Sterner, Part 2: An interview by [.].

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The Future Economy Project: Advice from Sustainability Experts

Harvard Business Review

The discussion with Michael Toffel and Rebecca Henderson of Harvard Business School, Tensie Whelan of NYU’s Stern School of Business, and Andrew Winston of Winston Eco-Strategies has been condensed and edited for clarity. We need tools to assess progress for external stakeholders, consumers, and managers.