N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

This programme which moved me through all major departments (Engineering, Finance, Supply, Vehicle Assembly, IS&T etc.) I had joined the Rio Board in 2009, so I already had broad oversight of the company’s diverse operations. These days there is a growing emphasis on Governance and Compliance with Legislation and Regulations.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 15, 2010

I sure that most of us are aware of the current studies that prove that having a diverse board (at least 30% women representation) contributes directly to a company’s performance. In fact, companies with more female representation, outperform companies don’t have women.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

This is very true as it relates to organizations that are working to increase gender diversity at the leadership levels. Bennett Organizations working on raising awareness of inclusiveness and why it is essential for businesses to survive are well served by advocacy programming.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In the bustling metropolis of New York City, where dreams are chased, and fortunes are made, understanding your finances is crucial. Understanding NYC’s Complex Tax Landscape New York City is renowned for its skyscrapers, Central Park, and diverse culture, but it’s also known for its high cost of living and complex tax system.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

What role should investors play in urging business leaders to take environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues more seriously and enforcing compliance?

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Other key events we hosted included an in-person networking event with the HKU SPACE GMBA students and alumni, and four webinars on different topics: “Future Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, “Deep Dives into STEM and Finance” as well as “Skills for New Employment Landscape” with the UNESCO HK Glocal Peace Centre.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

So four years ago, when I was CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance and tapped to lead a mega change initiative — splitting off our unit into a new, publicly traded company, Synchrony Financial — I’ll admit I viewed it as a huge challenge. One idea we retained from GE was to celebrate diversity. Find ways to have fun.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

In the corporate model, you equate a "foundational board," which provides basic compliance oversight, to basic survival needs such as food and shelter in the human hierarchy. Foundational — survival — boards focus on compliance; they play it safe. Companies need boards to help them meet regulatory compliance basics.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Those conditions elevated the work of the finance function to the point that, today, the CFO helps to set the course of business, advancing an organization’s growth and improving its competitive position by identifying and resolving key financial constraints. Success demands a far more diverse set of experiences and skills.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Their leaders are building a diverse, adaptable range of team capabilities — allocating people and resources based on the work that needs to be done, regardless of where resources sit in the organizational structure.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 20, 2023

Human resources is a very complex and diverse field, and it has gotten a lot of recognition over the past few years. For others, it could be to manage the entire finance system. We will also look at some effective steps and tips to find a job as an HR professional , both with and without experience. What is human resources ?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

rogue traders in finance). Think about finance and tech startups, where billions of dollars are quickly made or lost; surgery, where high-stakes operations leave no room for error; and military and police units, where risky jobs are performed under strict chains of command.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

EB operates Ilum as a separate business, while still drawing on Merck’s established corporate resources in IT, finance, privacy, compliance, and legal. But, because of EB’s diverse set of employees, it’s able to stimulate ideas from other industries and counter “paradigm bigots.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

CEO Jamie Dimon consistently espouses the virtues of size and diversity. These business leaders must, however, be aided by highly competent legal, financial, risk, compliance, audit and technology staff. JP Morgan is the biggest of them all with $2.3 trillion in assets ,$1.1 And that can stop needed control reform.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

With our cotton farmers in Xinjiang, we changed many of the unfair trade practices and now aim for more than just fair trade by promoting higher cotton yields and quality through assistance in cotton research, farming techniques, and access to micro-finance.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

All of this indicates that Uber leaders prioritized immediately useful services like recruitment over, for example, legal compliance systems, audits, and leadership development. As Pete Ramstad and I note in Beyond HR , leaders often have far better developed frameworks for the value proposition of the finance function than for HR.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

So instead of creating another pill dispenser, it launched a compliance-enhancing system. In addressing the billion-dollar adherence problem, Vitality (since acquired by NANTHEALTH ) considered the interests of the players in the diverse ecosystem, including pharmaceutical companies, retail pharmacies, and health care providers.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

We were on ambulance diversion for at least eight of every 24 hours, often longer. Other local EDs actually had betting pools on how long it would take us to go back on diversion after we came off. Virtually no patients leave our ED without being seen, and we are never, ever on ambulance diversion.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Diversity makes a global sales incentive plan impractical and dangerous.” A project for one business – GE Capital Financing Solutions – reduced the number of plans from 165 to 69, and achieved 90% compliance with global incentive plan guidelines that increased focus on pay for performance and profitability.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

and Germany than in a lot of other countries, like the UK, France, Italy, and Japan, where the financial system is even more concentrated and less diverse. “First, the costs of compliance with these stress tests and disclosures and new capital rules on banks and other financial firms are extremely high. This is better in the U.S.

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