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A Leadership Lesson from Trappist Monks that Made Me Rich

Great Leadership By Dan

What clinched the deal for me was the almost instant friendship I had developed with the CEO of the acquiring company. Then, only two months into the deal, the venture capitalists that controlled our board pushed out my friend and replaced him with a total stranger. A few weeks later the former CEO flew in to see me.

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Calculating the Market Value of Leadership

Harvard Business Review

The leadership ratings index we have developed has two dimensions, or domains: individual and organizational. intellectual, emotional, social, physical, and ethical behaviors)? Leadership development specialists charged with developing leaders can focus less on personal characteristics of leaders and more how investors might view them.

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How Merck Is Trying to Keep Disrupters at Bay

Harvard Business Review

Within EB, Merck first created a Global Health Innovation Fund and then a Healthcare Services and Solution unit to identify, develop, and operate nascent opportunities that fit that thesis. But innovation in solutions and business models is equally important because new health-care tools and technologies create beyond-the-pill opportunities.

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Further, venture capitalists are jumping in with both feet. $4 Create your own internal robo-advisory service : Companies could develop their own robotic or semi-robotic advice for key decision domains. Many established firms— a 2017 Deloitte survey suggested about 20% in the U.S.—are