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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. Because of McDonald’s size and legacy the media covered this story heavily in 2015.

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Gaining a Competitive Edge Through eLearning by Costa

CMOE

While developing personalized content for a large workforce may not be possible, it can be done for special training initiatives such as leadership development. In fact, top leadership-development training solutions put a special emphasis on personalization of content to build better leaders of tomorrow. Improved Business Performance.

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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

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. Many felt leadership was over-spending on overhead costs like R&D,product development and headquarters personnel. But this victory was quite short-lived. By October, Ms.

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Listen to Employees When Evaluating Leadership

Adam Hartung

And, of course, Radio Shack made the list in 2012 (#3,) 2013 (#5) and 2014 (#11) only to file bankruptcy in 2015. Employees have consistently expressed their dismay with CEO Ed Lampert, and 80% actively dislike his leadership. In 2015 the stock peaked at $149, but has recently declined to $111 as it made the list #2.

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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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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. We continue to see more and more Chief Innovation Officers at the enterprise level. But what does a Chief Innovation Officer do? Well, here are a few of their responsibilities.

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