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October 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the October 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Development. Julie Winkle Giulioni shared Development Plan or Development Planning?

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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. Starting in our biggest business — carpet tiles — our managers and staff have gone through the grinding process of identifying every single chemical in our products.

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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business Review

And the average long-term ROE is more than 25%, reflecting improved efficiency combined with greater reliance on financial leverage at most companies. In our experience, companies still focus more on cutting costs than on developing and executing new growth strategies. Bain recently completed research on workforce productivity.

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Private Equity’s New Phase

Harvard Business Review

The types of private equity firms and the approaches to managing these firms has evolved over the last 40 years through three general phases. This phase was loosely called leverage buy out (LBO) from about 1979 to 1990 and included over 2,000 LBOs. a condo development, apartment building, or golf course).

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The Type of Socially Responsible Investments That Make Firms More Profitable

Harvard Business Review

For instance, managing environmental impact is a very important element of business strategy for firms in the fossil fuel or transportation industries. Less so for financial institutions or healthcare companies. SASB uses the U.S. Not all social and environmental initiatives are created equal.