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5 Leadership Lessons from 2015’s Business Headlines

Adam Hartung

2015 was not short on bad decisions, nor bad outcomes. But there are 5 major leadership themes from 2015 that can help companies be better in 2016: 1 – Cost cutting, restructurings and stock buybacks do not increase company value – Dow/DuPont. It is still hard to believe.

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Soren Kaplan’s Leapfrogging May Newsletter

Leapfrogging

2015 has so far been monumental for women. This isn’t just unjust, it threatens the future of business innovation, the economy, and global competitiveness. WomEngineering – Women matter in Operations – June 18 & 19, 2015 Chateau de Mery (Paris) France. Why Women are the Future of Business Innovation.

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Dow and DuPont – Nobody wins when transactions replace leadership

Adam Hartung

duPont as a gunpowder manufacturer for the revolutionary war, the company has long been one of America’s leading business institutions. But in a series of fast actions during 2015, DuPont as it has been known is going away. And it is too bad the leadership wasn’t in place to save it. Founded by e.i. By October, Ms.

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Listen to Employees When Evaluating Leadership

Adam Hartung

24×7 Wall Street just released its fourth annual analysis of the worst companies to work for in America. Of the 30 unique companies identified, exactly half (15) were retailers. By paying minimum wage, and often refusing to hire employees full time, the companies keep costs of brick and mortar store operations lower.

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What Does a Chief Innovation Officer Do?

IdeaScale

In this survey from 2015, researchers report that 43% of large companies have some sort of top innovation executive in place, which was up from 33% in 2011. According to experts , there are a balance of eight innovation skills you need to maintain to have a healthy and innovative company. appeared first on IdeaScale.

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The Evolving Role of The Chief Innovation Officer

Innov8rs

As sustainability and other trends are pushing companies to reshape their core, innovation today is a matter of reinventing what you do, how you operate, and how you run the business. In the 2010s, digital-native companies began disrupting many sectors. In 2015, the companies felt the need to realign their internal operating models.

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Workplace Culture: Productive People Make High-performing Teams That Produce Rapid Results

Innovation Excellence

According to Global Human Capital Trends 2015 pg 36, “Organizations that create a culture defined by meaningful work, deep employee engagement, job and organizational fit, and strong leadership are outperforming their peers and will likely beat their competition in attracting top talent.”.

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