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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

What is interesting about the success of Bank of the Ozarks and its CEO is the fact that he wasn''t the "experienced banker" regulators almost insist upon when approving the appointment of bank leadership. There are plenty of sad stories of bank demise at the hands of experienced bankers. How did they grow so quickly?

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New CEO At The Helm Of Winn-Dixie, Harveys Growth Plans

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It operates in 11 countries and territories. Now, the protégé plans to carry on his mentor’s work as a member of Southeastern Grocers’ senior leadership team. Harveys has more of a presence in Georgia but has been working to expand into Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina, now with a total of 70 stores.

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