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Board Governance Excellence: The Pinnacle of Organizational Success

N2Growth Blog

Essentially, governance sketches the framework within which an organization pirouettes and mastering governance is synonymous with actualizing strategic objectives and sustainable growth. A proficient board is a guiding light, offering leadership and oversight to fuel the realization of organizational objectives.

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Conflict-of-Interest Rules Are Holding Back Medical Breakthroughs

Harvard Business Review

Legitimate concerns over conflict of interest that have resulted in overly extreme preventative policies are a central cause. It is time for all parties to revisit those policies and replace them with rules that recognize both true conflicts and true confluences of interest. Insight Center. Sponsored by Optum.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

Business development. So were professional development programs, rewards for random acts of kindness and other empowerment initiatives. Many of those investigating Enron had received campaign contributions from the company, yet kept maximum objectivity. No executive development program was held at Enron. The Big Picture.

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The “Maximize Profits” Trap in Decision Making

Harvard Business Review

From a historical perspective, the idea that managers in organizations have a single, dominant duty — to achieve or maximize economic returns — is a striking development. In addition, 30 states have passed laws that explicitly authorize companies to consider the interests of parties other than shareholders.

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Why Hillary Clinton Gets Interrupted More than Donald Trump

Harvard Business Review

There’s some compelling evidence, in fact, that the more convinced we are of our own objectivity, the more likely bias is to creep in and influence our judgment and decisions. By doing so, you can develop a better appreciation of that person’s concerns. First, we need to be aware of these biases and how they operate.

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Are Uber and Facebook Turning Users into Lobbyists?

Harvard Business Review

If a user agreed to the noble goal of free connectivity for their fellow citizens, they were directed to tell their Member of Parliament to support Facebook’s developing world program: Internet.org seeks to connect billions of people in the developing world to the internet.