Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Diversity is most important for business, the economy and quality of life. I have conducted many diversity audits of companies. I have seen corporate America embrace diversity in many practices, including the workforce and suppliers. Diversity is about so much more than human resources issues.

Diversity 90

Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 90

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Consequently, executive and manager attention and financial support may be disproportionately applied to the capital project(s), particularly in the event of overruns, at the detriment of problem resolution at the organization’s other operating assets.

Risk Management 58

Risk Management Project Organization Management 58

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

If you are heading up a business that cannot do without a base of operations, then looking after said base should ever be high on your agenda. Not only this, but they specify in mold removal, biohazard cleanup, and fire damage restoration services also, making them highly diverse in their respective field.

Reputation 102

Reputation Crisis Technology Diversity 102

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

Risk management is now at the heart of the governance model for the Olympic Games and the Olympic movement, and not only because of their growing scale and complexity. At the start of the Atlanta 1996 Olympics, it was a catalog of minor operational and logistical problems that led journalists to start reporting on "the glitch Games."

Risk Management 15

Risk Management Management Committee Insurance 15

Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

I recommend that diversity audits, quality control reviews, ethics programs and other important regimen be conducted as part of Strategic Planning, rather than as stand-alone, distracting and energy diverting activities. By seeing the daily changes resulting from the planning, companies are poised to rise above the current daily crises.

Energy 78

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 78

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Gut instincts can only take you so far in life, and anyone who operates outside of a sound decisioning framework will eventually fall prey to an act of oversight, misinformation, misunderstanding, manipulation, impulsivity or some other negative influencing factor. They make bad decisions.

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Blog Analysis CEO Brand 396

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Organizational Performance Measures Best Practice 6 – Diverse Indicators. Risk Management Best Practice 5 – Ongoing Risk Monitoring. To read Nathan’s complete biography, click here. Enterprise Performance Measurement.

Metrics 51

Metrics Article System Newsletter 51

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

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. The primary step involves an objective assessment to determine operational efficiency and effectiveness.

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Compliance Efficiency Ethics Metrics 235

Strategy Driven

MARCH 5, 2024

Mitigating Diverse Threats In today’s interconnected world, cyber threats can come from anywhere and target anyone. Hackers, cybercriminals, and even disgruntled employees constantly threaten business operations. They exploit network, software, and infrastructure vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access or disrupt services.

Compliance 107

Compliance Reputation Diversity Insurance 107

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Non-profit organizations operating more business-like. Diversity of society is reflected in service. Here are the “heart and soul“ reasons for being engaged in humanitarian service: Being good citizens. Volunteering, as time permits and worthy causes appear. Helping others. Business supporting communities. Finding one’s passion.

Strategic Planning 51

Strategic Planning Planning Ethics Learning-by-Doing 51

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2014

General Mills’ CEO recently blamed the winter for less-than-expected earnings , saying that “severe winter weather…disrupted plant operations and logistics…We lost 62 days of production…which hasn’t happened in decades. Diversity. A love/hate relationship with risk. Managing uncertainty Risk management Sustainability'

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Strategy Risk Management Christensen 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2019

Modern businesses need cybercrime deterrent solutions to maintain the security of operations. There are going to be issues where security is compromised owing to improper access protocol management pertaining to user names and passwords. SLM management ensures you’re getting the service you need at the level you need across operations.

Technology 10

Technology Contingency Plans Gordon Software 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2012

Bees are masters at risk management. Take, for example, their approach toward the "too-big-to-fail" risk our financial sector famously took on. Risk is also tempered by diversity in a beehive. One of the attributes that determines the range of options that bees ultimately consider is genetic diversity.

Diversity 14

Diversity Long-term Human Capital Risk Management 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

In contrast, 70% of respondents think their boards have effective processes for staying current on the company; 69% for compliance; 66% for financial planning; and 55% for risk management — although we should note that managing risks is a crucial consideration when pursuing innovation.

Innovation 10

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

Managing risks — especially the hard-to-pin-down, moving-target risks that any financial trading operation has to cope with — inevitably involves arguing. The words "risk management" usually evokes less subjective, more data-driven pursuits. You want diverse, even opposing viewpoints.

Management 10

Management Risk Management Competitive Intelligence Hedge 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

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. The board of directors has an important role in assuring that the CEO brings vital business-in-society perspectives to her job.

CEO 8

CEO Ethics Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

She distilled the notes about her many accomplishments into an overview of the 10 years in her current role: Keep University’s School of Design (eight graduate programs) running flawlessly for Director, other staff, faculty, and students — during routine operations and emergencies. Equally adept at managing people and operations.

COO 13

COO Chief Operating Officer Transportation Real Estate 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

Both paths are problematic — neither is particularly transparent or relies on objective measures and given that many boards are stubborn bastions of white masculinity, pursuing the "right" network can be fraught, especially for women and other diverse candidates.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Because better risk management in the future turns on corporate behavior, not just more regulation, and because that risk management is going to be driven from the top of corporations, the answers to these questions of leadership responsibility and accountability for organizational action and culture are of critical importance.

Report 12

Report Policies Risk Management Analysis 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2012

Global teams face the challenge of having to operate with limited face-to-face contact and across vast distances, time zones, language backgrounds, and contexts, as well as cultural differences. Typically people talk about the importance of stressing commonalities and similarities in the context of diversity of any sort.

Globalization 12

Globalization Team Stress Types of Knowledge 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

CEO Jamie Dimon consistently espouses the virtues of size and diversity. 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. Boards Ethics Risk management' trillion in assets ,$1.1

Banking 8

Banking Management Ethics Letter 8

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

of The People Equation offers this advice for an IDP: “I would recommend that leaders build in one action item that relates to learning an aspect related to the organization’s operations that is outside of the team member’s area of expertise. As you can see by the diversity of the responses, there really is no “one right answer”.

Leadership Development 283

Leadership Development Development Planning Self-aware 283

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

I recommend that diversity audits, quality control reviews, ethics programs and other important regimen be conducted as part of Strategic Planning, rather than as stand-alone, distracting and energy diverting activities. I know from experience that planning while going through the “alligators” is the most effective way to conduct the process.

Energy 58

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 58

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

So also should diversity, branding, quality, marketing, re-engineering and other important processes. Most often (85% of the time), they can be heeded, planned for averted. There is an art to Crisis Preparedness. It must be included as part of a formal Strategic Planning and Visioning process. by Hank Moore.

Crisis 71

Crisis Crisis Management Budgeting Risk Management 71

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

As companies adjust comfort levels and acquire confidence in the arena of business development, there is a direct relationship to billings, client mix diversity, market share, competitive advantage, stock price and levels of business which enable other planned growth. This holds for corporate operating units and departments.

Positioning 50

Positioning Company Strategic Planning Guidelines 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2016

At Cisco, we are learning to answer these questions through three initiatives designed to broaden our knowledge base by bringing multiple perspectives together: embracing diversity within our walls; reaching out across industries; and building partnerships with former (and current) competitors. Internal diversity. Insight Center.

Innovation 8

Innovation CAGR Diversity Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2014

Our research on boards of directors and corporate governance has shed new light on many board practices and reveals the need for improvement in several areas including skills and selection , succession planning , and diversity. We found, alas, that FOB boards trailed behind non-FOB boards on diversity. Director Profiles.

FOB 8

FOB Diversity Talent Management How To 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

It’s no secret that organizations have been increasingly turning to advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve decision making across business processes—from research and design to supply chain and risk management. Additionally, knowledge of common use cases (e.g., in their domain is important.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Engineering Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

To tackle this, organizations must learn to improve the "cognitive diversity" of their people and teams — getting people to think more broadly and diversely about the systems they inhabit. One of the pioneers in this effort is, counterintuitively, the U.S.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Hedge System 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Together, these diverse players will help governments, companies and communities work together to manage the nexus. Companies will need to measure and prepare for potential resource shortages and price increases, which will deeply affect their business operations, supply chains, and customers.

Energy 12

Energy Supply Chain Constraint Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2017

Smoke detectors, thermostats, sprinklers, and physical access controls can be operated remotely. The Obama administration pushed regulatory proposals for cybersecurity infrastructure in its early years, but eventually pivoted to a more effective risk-management approach. Smart devices permeate our homes and offices.

Hotels 10

Hotels Company Technology Software 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican. Meanwhile, Democrats place greater importance on technology expertise and risk management.

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8