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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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Revisiting the 5 Biggest Business Trends for 2016

Innovation Excellence

At the end of 2015 I identified five critical trends to give. Because in business it’s always about finding something new that somehow allows you to differentiate and capture an advantage-fleeting though it may be.

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Listen to Employees When Evaluating Leadership

Adam Hartung

Trend 1- Low minimum wages & “Wage gap” issues remain a big deal. The trend to a higher minimum wage will challenge profit growth – or maintenance – in these companies. Trend 2 – Employees often “see change coming” and become negatively vocal. The lists are dominated by retailers.

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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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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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Starbucks and JPMorganChase Pay Raises – Just Following Trends

Adam Hartung

However, both actions look a lot more like reacting to undeniable trends in an effort to simply keep their organizations functioning than any sort of corporate altruism. Since 2014 there has been an undeniable trend toward raising the minimum wage, now set nationally at $7.25. May, 2015 a $550M fine for Eurodollar trade rigging.

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Why Demographic Trends Tell Us Aging and Immigration Are Crucial for Success

Adam Hartung

I write about trends. Technology trends are exciting, because they can come and go fast – making big winners of some companies (Apple, Facebook, Tesla, Amazon) and big losers out of others (Blackberry, Motorola, Saab, Sears.) But unlike technology, one of the most important trends is also the most predictable trend.

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