Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2014

The time and energy it will take to continue will eventually outweigh any potential gains you could achieve through negotiation. Negotiation is a method for resolving conflicts of interest, not for adjudicating who is at fault. Your goal should be to extricate yourself with the most gains (or least losses) possible.

Conflict of Interest 15

Conflict of Interest Follow-up Advice Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Effective succession requires offering incentives to these potential chief executives—including extra compensation—to retain their presence as CEOs-in-waiting if a well-performing chief executive still has ample energy in the battery. Review outside consultants carefully to prevent conflicts of interest.

CEO 8

CEO Tips Long-term Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

In a tragic example, at a Dutch energy supplier that used rigorous, transparent safety standards to deal with toxic waste, employees came to work one day to find the company’s safety officer dead of a workplace accident. A similar effect can happen when the goal of transparency is not only ethics but also other desired behavior.

How To 8

How To Ethics Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Yet, when the company shifted from being an energy supplier to the hucksterish energy trader, the charitable activities were dispensed with. The way the California energy crisis was handled speaks to Enron’s disdain for media openness. When goals are only in financial terms, the company is disproportionately lopsided.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57