Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

What do you think characterises modern-day change leadership practice? In truth, a casual observer focused on media channels might be hard pressed to move beyond greed, vested interests, abuse of power, poor ethics, ‘Me first’, and a top-down targeted culture. How not to do change leadership! What works best, in my experience.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Walgreens Boots Alliance leadership just announced three new members for its executive VP team with the aim of improving its healthcare services and strategy, which includes Elizabeth Burger Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), Mary Langowski President for the U.S. She held a similar role of CHRO at Flowserve as well as HanesBrands Inc.,

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Is your board of directors operating at its maximum effectiveness? For boards to maximize their impact, make the greatest contributions, and perform to the best of their abilities, they must operate at their highest potential. Next, effective boards should have excellent leadership. Second, effective boards are also diverse.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Author Gary Cohen calls this tendency the “just tell” style of leadership. Best Questions to Lead By The most effective leaders ask a variety of strategic questions, including: Values: “Are we as focused on ethics as profits?” ” “Is there alignment between our stated and operating values?”

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2024

While technical competencies and leadership acumen are essential in any executive role, nonprofits often require additional skills specific to their sector. While particular skills, such as leadership, strategic thinking, and communication, are essential for any executive role, specific competencies are necessary in the nonprofit sector.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 6, 2021

Leadership for Tomorrow. His advice to adopt a mindset of growth, focus on what fulfills you, and embrace new modes of leadership is exactly what many people are looking for during this time of transition and change. The new style of leadership is premised on trust , and the practice of management is now more art than science.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 16, 2023

Embedding these transformative technologies into operations will be easier than ever. By leveraging such tools, your organization can automate every stage of content lifecycle management, boost the content ecosystem, ensure regulatory compliance, support digital transformation, and offer exceptional customer service. And the good news?

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HR Digest

APRIL 8, 2023

In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on corporate social responsibility (CSR), which refers to the ethical and social responsibilities of companies towards society and the environment through building community engagement. Legal Compliance: Many CSR initiatives are driven by legal requirements.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Pfizer colleagues rate various aspects of the organization, including Pfizer’s strategy, the division/business unit’s strategy, organization system and structure, the CEO and executive leadership team, division/business unit leadership, the respondent’s direct manager, colleagues with whom the respondent works, and climate/engagement.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2021

A new IBM report shows that half of CHROs identified for the study recognize the possibilities for innovation in HR operations and the acquisition and development of talent. If people analytics does not involve ethical consideration then it could expose workers to increased risks and stress. Performance Management. OSHA Risks.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Back in my formidable days of being a twenty-something manager, Jack, one of the senior leaders of our theme park department, would spend time throughout his days discussing various leadership and operational strategies with us. One of the lessons I learned from Jack was how to seek team members who complemented each other.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

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. Journal of Business Ethics , 56 (3), 233–243. Form Strategic Alliances to Amplify Voices In any power dynamic, there is strength in numbers.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

You see tenure is not synonymous with loyalty, but rather is more often a measure of compliance and survival. These silos are staffed with legions of “tenured&# COBOL and C++ programmers, as well as &# tenured&# IT managers overseeing the operation. Walking into these organizations is often like traveling back in time 20 years.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

When you own and operate a business you need to have certain procedures for an efficient and seamless function. Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. An inefficient operation results in unproductive activities which often miss the point and worse yet, result in wasted time and wasted resources.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Business needs to play a more powerful role in supporting responsible practices throughout every aspect of their operations. Companies usually manage bribery and corruption risk through a mix of internal processes, certification requirements, and basic good practices throughout their operations — including with suppliers and vendors.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

I’ve been a consultant for almost 20 years, advising companies on complex challenges in ethics, risk, and responsibility. Happily fading from memory is the cliché that ethics and compliance teams effectively constitute a “business prevention department.”

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The choice to stay in a very black and white world of facts and figures is important for keeping the trust of all team members—and is particularly relevant when you’re operating at one remove. Can you give me data about what’s been going on?” He said/she said is excruciating anytime.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

In examining what took them so long to react, Stumpf’s comments portray a leadership team that refused to believe the sales fraud could be systemic in a culture such as theirs. Senior leaders were so focused on financial impact that they couldn’t see the ethical damage. ” Deterrents to speaking up.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

How great would it be if everyone would operate with the ultimate goal being love? Thanks 4 Women Entrepreneurs January 21st, 2011 at 8:19 pm Great post. I think showing love is something that will really come back to you in the end, even in the business world. Interesting thoughts. Thanks for posting.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The company last entered China in 2006 with a censored search engine, but pulled the plug on the operation four years later after it discovered that human-rights activists’ Gmail accounts had been hacked. It is now clear that companies operating in China are kept on a short leash even when they comply with governmental demands.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

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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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

We believe the strength of any team is in the followers and there can be no leaders without followers, but the vast majority of research to date has focused on the leadership side of this equation. It is worth keeping in mind that some jobs have clear leadership requirements; virtually all jobs have followership requirements.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

Late last month, on the second anniversary of the story nearly to the day, Walmart released its first Global Compliance Report (GCR). Certainly an important goal for Walmart’s board and current management is to improve the company’s compliance capability. Think GM and its delays in addressing problems with an ignition switch.).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

But, at the end of the day, it is bank leaders and employees who must take the right business, legal and ethical actions under existing law. It must be led not by staff, but by business leaders who devote appropriate resources, hire outstanding people and embed the prevent, detect and respond activities deeply in business operations.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Listen in on MBA classes and corporate conferences and you will hear a lot of talk about the need for inspiring missions, ethical behavior and transcendent purpose. Our system of financial accounting rewards quarterly profits, but struggles mightily to place a value on ethical behavior.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Within EB, Merck first created a Global Health Innovation Fund and then a Healthcare Services and Solution unit to identify, develop, and operate nascent opportunities that fit that thesis. As a great organizational scholar, James March, once noted, “ Leadership involves plumbing as well as poetry.”

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Kalanick and other top executives signal by example what is and is not acceptable behavior, and they are clearly responsible for the company’s ethically and legally questionable decisions and practices. But I suggest that the problem at Uber goes beyond a culture created by toxic leadership. But that is not enough.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Our stakeholder-based strategy rests on the following key pillars: People: The human factor plays a central role in our operations, and thus our business growth must be tied to the growth of our people. The board should step out of its traditional focus on governance and compliance and be more involved in setting the corporate value system.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Making these decisions requires that directors have expertise, exercise informed judgment, and be guided by an ethical compass. Institute compliance checks to ensure that management adheres to company policies. Assessing how the company’s compliance program is implemented.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Everyone will naturally think that the person sleeping with the boss will have the inside scoop on promotions, pay and information, and that undermines trust in leadership, cautions Robert Chestnut, Airbnb’s Chief Ethics Officer. Sometimes operating in different silos may also help if the relationship is going to be long term.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

But with the departures of a number of high-level HR leaders in late 2016, head of operations Ryan Graves largely took on the head HR role in addition to his other duties. That is like setting up a finance organization to do exotic risk hedging before putting in place basic reporting and compliance. Each has its place.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Most think banks are part of an elite establishment that’s lost sight of the broader mission to serve customers and would prefer they operate more like nonprofits. A lot has changed in the banking industry since the crisis in 2008 , especially in terms of regulation and compliance. They also develop transferable skills.

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