Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2012

The idea that corporations need a single purpose is based not in law, but in economists' arguments that unless we have a single, objective, easily-observed metric to judge how well directors and executives are running firms, corporate "agents" will run amok. In effect it leaves the manager with no objective.".

Short-term 14

Short-term Long-term Objective Customer Loyalty 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

In 2002 Palmisano succeeded a legendary leader in Lou Gerstner, who saved IBM from being broken up and put it on a viable course. Executing this strategy required seamless integration of IBM's product capabilities with its geographic reach. His first act was to abolish IBM's corporate executive committee. Pragmatism.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

Lazear went on to describe how economists, with the University of Chicago's Gary Becker leading the way , had been running roughshod over the other social sciences — using economic tools to study crime, the family, accounting, corporate management, and countless other not strictly economic topics.

Tversky 12

Tversky Crisis Levitt Consensus 12

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. How much further should we extend ethics? Sadly, many of the perpetrators did not see lapses in ethics… it was legal and just business to them. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The 2002 movie Minority Report told the story of a future in which law enforcement could tell who would commit crimes in the future. The field of psychology has long thought about the ethical issues and moral consequences of their tests. Human resources Information & technology Talent management' A Predictive Analytics Primer.

Succession 10

Succession Human Resources Information Technology Software 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

During my first decade working in the Buenos Aires office of Egon Zehnder in the late 1990s, our Argentine executive search practice soared, recording the highest per capita financial performance in the whole firm for five consecutive years. Coaching Hiring Leadership Managing people Organizational culture'

Emotional Intelligence 9

Emotional Intelligence GDP McKinsey Airlines 9

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

I further made recommendations that future charitable requests would go through committee and that the client’s partners and key executives were better suited by serving on community boards, thus polishing their own luster. Executives never stayed long. While frying some fish, immunity lets other more culpable ones off the hook.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57