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The 6 Top Leadership and Management Development Mistakes to Avoid

LSA Global

Leadership and Management Development Matters According to recent research by McKinsey and the Corporate Executive Board, more than 500 executives ranked leadership development among the top three human capital priorities, and two thirds of leaders rated developing effective leaders as their top concern.

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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business

Data science is becoming a reality for change management, and although it may not have arrived yet, it is time for organizations to get ready. The companies best positioned to change in the next decade will be the ones that set themselves up well now, by collecting the right kind of data and investing in their analytics capacity.

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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

Sadly, evidence suggests that 50% to 85% of mergers fail to deliver on shareholder returns despite leadership's best intentions. The leadership challenge is to figure out the best way to manage the formation of a blended new shared culture. Influence the leaders’ leadership style.

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How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

Harvard Business

Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. And yet black women’s advancement into leadership roles has remained stagnant , even as the number of them in professional and managerial roles has increased. What were the critical events, and what lessons did they learn? How People Get Ahead.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. We then narrowed the list to 18 finalists using three sets of metrics: New growth.

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The Organizational Reasons Police Departments Don’t Change

Harvard Business

These events have left many in despair, wondering why the violence keeps happening and whether anyone knows what to do about it. There is hopeful evidence that clear non-discrimination policies, sophisticated training, and good leadership can, over time, begin to correct for these kinds of unconscious racial biases.

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Research: How the Best School Leaders Create Enduring Change

Harvard Business

Architect leaders can also emphasize other metrics, such as more students attending classes, more parents coming to parents’ evenings, and fewer staff member absences. They survived this challenge by moving the discussion away from this year’s test scores to the progression of students aged 11 to 13.