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Do We Care About Leadership?

Jeff For Banks

On a recent plane ride I sat next to the Commander of the NCO Academy at Fort Jackson, South Carolina (see picture from one of last year''s classes). He is a reservist, and had interesting perspectives on how the military operates versus private industry. In his "real life", he is a sales manager for a pharmaceutical company.

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Walmart Adds Two Global Governance Leaders To Support Financial Services

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Waddell will provide support and guidance to financial services compliance leaders across all of the company’s operating markets, including Walmart U.S., She earned her bachelor’s of arts in economics from Rutgers University and her master’s in business administration from the University of South Carolina.

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Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: #4 Bank of the Ozarks

Jeff For Banks

In 1979, George Gleason, a 25-year-old attorney, purchased controlling interest and assumed active management of the bank as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Collectively, the management team built an Arkansas franchise rivaling the largest banks in the state. The company moved its headquarters to Little Rock in 1995.