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12 Core Competencies For Great Leadership

Lead Change Blog

Great leaders are tactical and flexible. They thrive on facts, figures and numbers—whether it’s ROI, ROE, or EBIDTA. They work hard to understand the big picture and help others see their team’s role, and their individual role as part of the team, within that context.

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Japan Is Counting on Shareholder Activism to Improve Its Economy

Harvard Business Review

Today they’re seen as part of the solution, in part because they’ve changed tactics. given that Japanese companies are global outliers in terms of excess cash, low ROEs , and limited domestic growth prospects ). At the time, activists were seen as bullies and pariahs.

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