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The Leadership Blind Spots at Wells Fargo

Harvard Business Review

The bank has since fired 5,300 employees for the illegal behavior and eliminated retail bank sales goals entirely. As a result of this fraud, the bank is now being investigated by Federal prosecutors and Congressional overseers. But the fallout is far from over. A blind spot among senior leaders.

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Five House Rules for Managing Risky Behavior

Harvard Business Review

Set clear policies. For enterprise risk management, key policies include a statement of risk appetite and explicit risk tolerance levels for critical risks. Appropriate risk, compensation, and financial policies will set the incentives and boundaries for employee behavior. Create a risk culture. Fix the broken windows.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

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. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making.