Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

PwC, meanwhile, calculated the economic cost of large global companies getting their most important C-suite appointment – CEO – wrong: well over $100 billion. Would you hire a surgeon who wasn’t trained in medicine or delegate a major financial investment decision to someone who hadn’t studied finance?

Succession 8

Succession Human Capital McKinsey Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

Knowing and communicating your career goals is challenging for even the most ambitious and focused person. In today's work world, careers take numerous twists and turns and the future is often murky. You have to clarify for yourself what you aspire to do with your career before you can communicate it confidently to others.

P&L 18

P&L Committee Career Case Study 18

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Conventional thinking has suggested that leadership positions go to those who aggressively plan their careers with a keen eye for building the right skills to reach top jobs. Note that this inclusive process is not decision-making by committee or by consensus. Others believe that leaders are born, not made.

Open-book 8

Open-book Career Rogers PR 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

More than 25 years ago, William Sahlman wrote the HBR article “Why Sane People Shouldn’t Serve on Public Boards,” in which he compared serving on a board to driving without a seatbelt, that it was just too risky—to their time, reputations, and finances—for too little reward. ” Similarly, Sempra CEO Debra L.

Execution 9

Execution P&L CEO COO 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Most companies struggle to differentiate themselves. The best approach will vary from one company to the next, but at its heart lies the challenge of transcending functional boundaries—a difficult achievement in itself. The companies we studied, each in its own way, had transcended the limits of functional boundaries.

Development 8

Development Supply Chain Incentives Outsourcing 8

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As 2023 draws to a close and companies begin to settle on the wages and hikes for the next year, the question of how to create an equitable compensation system might flash in everyone’s mind—if briefly. No company exists in a vacuum and understanding how to create an equitable compensation system depends on what stands as fair.

System 52

System How To Benchmarking Diversity 52

You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 8, 2009

. · Mistaken Belief #2 – You can get people to do as you say, and not as you do, as long as you don’t get caught In our condominium complex, there is a man on the board who is President of his own company. He serves on our Strata as Chair of the Building Committee, a pretty important role. At the time it was a shock.

Examples 48

Examples Bottom-up Long-term Influence 48

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

He was the CFO of their company, a software start-up with about 75 employees. If you’d like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your full name, company or university affiliation, and email address. He led the finance team. Nothing happened that first night. Yes, Brad had flirted.

Case Study 8

Case Study Conference Hotels COO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

. “After board dinners, we inevitably sit around and talk about our kids and their careers,” Dave Calhoun recently told me. The truth is, it’s difficult to advise kids about how careers really work today and how to get any job, much less a great job. This the Career Triangle.

Career 8

Career Follow-up Advice Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

In the “ Scientific Background ” essay on Tirole’s work provided by the Nobel committee, the focus is on Tirole’s work on industry structure, which has had a big impact on antitrust and other regulation, especially in Europe. Then, in 2006, came The Theory of Corporate Finance — not a field Tirole had really been known for. Since when?

Strategy 8

Strategy Rivkin Game Theory Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Rogier Maes, the CEO of Contect, wrapped up his year-beginning speech to all the company’s employees. Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

It’s not just that certain schools are known for excellence in a given field or offer coursework and training relevant to a specific career path. “They’ve Done Two-Thirds of the Work for Us Already” “Prestige” was the most common way a school got on a company’s list.

EPS 8

EPS Diversity Banking Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2017

The closet in Mark’s bedroom offers a glimpse into his three-decade career in finance. Olu isn’t in a career that requires him to wear a suit, but what could his artistic and creative talent bring to a more corporate environment? They also represent varying degrees of fabulousness, from subtle to full-on.

Fashion 12

Fashion Participative Class Creativity 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

I tried to get Greenspan to talk me for my November HBR article on economics and finance since the crisis , but he said he’d promised his publisher to keep mum until the book was out, which was too late for my purposes. It was the form in which the asset was financed. I finally did pay a visit to his office in D.C.

Long-term 11

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 11

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

The bad news is that lots of leaders or companies are in crisis mode when they call for a consultant or coach, so they don’t really have the time necessary to really get to know the person they are hiring. Having said that, the truth always comes out, but often not in time for a company to make a properly informed decision.

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Blog Leadership Consultative Follow-up 333