Skip Prichard
AUGUST 25, 2019
Would you share an example of where “culture” was rotten and the ensuing results? But the most recent Barron’s survey finds that they are now the least-respected company in America, right behind Big Tobacco’s Philip Morris. All that corruption helped them hit quarterly EPS targets. Learn from the Mistakes of A Rotten Culture.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 5, 2017
The McKinsey Global Institute, in conjunction with FCLT Global, recently released research stating that long-term-oriented companies perform better than those that focus on short-term results. While a laudable effort in principle, measuring a company’s tendency to make myopic operating and investing decisions is fiendishly complex.
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Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 11, 2016
They modify their appearance, body language, and communication style — all components of executive presence (EP), that intangible element that defines leadership material. I am twisting myself into a pretzel to adapt to my company culture, and they can’t budge an inch to call me by my given name?”
Harvard Business Review
JULY 17, 2014
Moving up in an organization depends on looking and acting like a leader, on being perceived as having “executive presence” (EP). According to research from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), EP constitutes 26% of what senior leaders say it takes to get to the next promotion.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 4, 2013
Most of us would say it's exceptionally hard, particularly when power is concentrated in a few incumbent companies with deeply rooted vested interests. The financial crisis is a prime example of too few people holding the reins. Just under 1,000 companies account for half of the world's market capitalization, Eccles notes.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 6, 2016
To hear long-term investors tell it, company executives have embraced short-term thinking like never before. Four hundred seventy-one companies in the S&P 500 bought back stock last year, and 372 companies expanded their dividends — actions undertaken in spite of the need to invest heavily to keep up with global market changes.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 3, 2016
In fact, Iger reportedly noticed that Pixar’s hugely popular Toy Story characters appeared in the 2005 opening parade at Hong Kong Disneyland while recent Disney animated characters—for example, Lilo & Stitch , released in 2002—were MIA (although Mickey and pals were present and accounted for, of course).
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