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Does Effective Leadership Really Matter?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Executive leadership and organizational performance: Suggestions for a new theory and methodology. Journal of Management, 14(3), 453-464. Collins, J. Good to great: Why some companies make the leap--and others don't. HarperBusiness. Dhar, U., & & Mishra, P. Leadership effectiveness: A study of constituent factors. Eisenbeiss, S.,

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Consultant Ninja: Friedman Billings Ramsey and Tom Peters.

Consultant Ninja

It wasnt until 2001 that he admitted that he made up most of the data in the book. He attributes FBRs previous success to a unique methodology. One week before seeing FBRs stock price, I ran across a long story from Tom Peters of In Search of Excellence fame. AAI is the old FBR REIT. Still, Tom Peters enthusiasm is interesting.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business

Over a period of years, every GE senior manager would learn the lean startup methodology, and GE would be the showcase for how modern companies use entrepreneurial management to transform culture and drive long-term growth. Beth Comstock, GE vice chair responsible for creating new businesses, embraced the lean process.