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How to Achieve Greater Board Effectiveness With a Board Advisory Partner

N2Growth Blog

With that, they’ll recruit new board members who fill skill gaps, bring much-needed diverse perspectives to the table, and help the board and the organization ultimately arrive at their desired future state. They should also have diverse, representative directors who bring a valuable perspective. What Is Board Effectiveness?

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Board Performance Optimization: Beyond Compliance Towards Excellence

N2Growth Blog

Understanding the Concept of Governance Excellence Governance excellence refers to the strategic oversight conducted by a company’s board of directors that ensures ethical, sustainable, and profitable organizational operations. As an essential prerequisite, compliance demonstrates a commitment to adherence and propriety.

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Challenging Thought-Terminating Clichés: Strategies for Organizational Change

Mike Cardus

Although these clichés might serve short-term management objectives, they often hinder long-term innovation, suppress employee morale, and foster a culture of compliance over mutual growth. Complacency often sets in when systems go unchallenged for extended periods. Journal of Business Ethics , 56 (3), 233–243.

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5 Leadership Modes for Team Success

Skip Prichard

Other ‘strategies’ that were once cosmetic, including diversity and inclusion, have been revealed to be both good for the bottom line and for human betterment. It means shedding the old work ethic in favor of a new ethic of work. Control styles of management yield conformity and compliance, and this worked well for a long time.

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What You Can Do to Improve Ethics at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

It’s hard for good, ethical people to imagine how these meltdowns could possibly happen. many of us face an endless stream of ethical dilemmas at work. We were surprised that 30 leaders in the study recalled a total of 87 “major” ethical dilemmas from their career histories. Wells Fargo. Volkswagen.

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The “Business in Society” Imperative for CEOs

Harvard Business Review

In virtually every country across the globe, a broad range of governmental and ethical issues directly and immediately shape what companies can and cannot do. CEO acumen on business-in-society issues is thus imperative in addressing fundamental corporate issues, from business strategy to compliance to ethical standards to risk management.

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When Is It Important for an Algorithm to Explain Itself?

Harvard Business Review

Many efforts to apply machine learning get stuck due to concerns about the “black box” — that is, the lack of transparency around why a system does what it does. Sometimes it’s because technical teams need to identify and resolve bugs without disrupting the entire system.