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Winning Support for Flexible Work

Harvard Business Review

The reality is that while flexible work arrangements have become more popular, few companies have an official policy or program. It just means the onus is on you to propose a plan that works for you, your boss and your company. If your company doesn't have a formal policy, you'll need to create a proposal yourself.

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What Companies Have Learned from Losing Billions in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

One energy company, building a pipeline in Bangladesh, opened employment offices along the proposed route to help displaced farmers find jobs — often with the company itself. The case is now languishing in the World Bank’s investment dispute court. Local subsidiaries have to operate in ways acceptable to the parent company.

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The Big Picture of Business: Been There, Done That

Strategy Driven

The Corporate Strategist is an idea person who has run businesses, knows about all other categories, deals in concepts and policies, and possesses sophisticated understanding and insight. Pro-bono community involvement is a factor because it indicates character, ethics and integrity. What They Claim They Do. When They Say They Provide.

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Being Persuasive Across Cultural Divides

Harvard Business Review

Researchers Michael Morris, Joel Podolny, and Sheira Ariel studied Citibank, a multinational banking corporation with branches in some 195 different countries in order to determine the factors that would most persuade Citibank employees to voluntarily comply with a request for help from a colleague.

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Shaping Tomorrow’s Leadership Landscape: An Insightful Interview with Norm Smallwood

HR Digest

A senior leader at a global financial services companies hired us to help them after regulators put them on notice that they couldn’t do any more acquisitions until they overcame systemic ethical issues among their leaders. We completed the project after making significant changes in their policies and leadership practices.

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