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A Conversation with Canada’s “D&I Dude”

Experience to Lead

It’s vital to the longevity of your organization to consider how you can combat systemic and overt oppression through your IDEA policy and advocacy. I think of TD Bank’s “Leadership as a Champion of LGBTA Engagement” case amongst many others (LGBTA stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Allies).

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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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Carlos Ghosn, Nissan, and the Need for Stronger Corporate Governance in Japan

Harvard Business Review

Nissan does not have an audit committee, which would be required to appoint its independent auditor and reviews its audit procedures under the laws of most advanced industrial countries. The Nissan board also has no nominating committee; its chairman chooses the independent directors, subject to the board’s approval.

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Can JP Morgan Transparently Police Itself?

Harvard Business Review

boss, Ina Drew , the former head of their unit in of the bank's, the Chief Investment Office (CIO); and CEO Jamie Dimon, to whom the CIO reported who oversaw the CIO. Drew quickly retired after the losses, and Iksil and Macris are, according to news reports, leaving the bank. Its purpose: to remedy unfair windfalls.

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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. This extends to the board room.

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The Globalization Backlash Is Reverberating Through Boardrooms

Harvard Business Review

As a practical matter, for example, these changes in the global policy regime are forcing multinational corporations to scale back and sell parts of their international operations. While international lending, as measured by cross-border banking claims at the Bank for International Settlements, has declined $2.6

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Bonuses Are Good, But Clawbacks Make Them Better

Harvard Business Review

The disgraced former Royal Bank of Scotland CEO was stripped of his knighthood "for services to banking." Barely four years after Goodwin's elevation, his bank — Great Britain's wealthiest — effectively collapsed and was nationalized. Goodwin had brought the honors systems into disrepute; his award was thus annulled.