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Preview Thursday: Benefit Corporation Law and Governance: Pursuing Profit with Purpose

Lead Change Blog

This paradigm is often called the “ shareholder primacy ” model, and it underlies our capital markets and business models. Personally, I came to believe that shareholder primacy represented a catastrophic market failure, creating inequality, social instability, and environmental degradation. How could we expect that to turn out well?

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

In the years that have passed, we’ve continued to expand and refine the list by looking for CHROs able to innovate and outperform their peers regardless of current market dynamics in play at the time. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?.

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Sam Ford: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

His 2013 New York University Press book, Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture, was co-authored by Henry Jenkins and Joshua Green. The book was named one of the best business books of 2013 by Booz & Co.’s Sam Ford is Director of Audience Engagement for Peppercomm.

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20 Interesting Behaviors of Strategy Tourist

Strategy Driven

Blame the market, other departments or poor IT-systems for the fact that you are not taking brave, independent action. Try to join as many steering committees as possible, but avoid taking on responsibility as a sponsor or project manager. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Never take the blame.

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How Boards Can Innovate

Harvard Business Review

Some boards have taken the principle further by forming their own innovation committee. The directors of Procter & Gamble, for instance, have established an Innovation and Technology committee; the board of specialty-chemical maker Clariant has done the same; and Pfizer has created a Science and Technology committee.

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It’s Time to Tie Executive Compensation to Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

So for a compensation committee to justify a new metric, it needs to have a strong business case. Since the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh in 2013, garment retailers such as Walmart have contributed to improving working conditions for workers. Having any more than that risks diluting executive focus.

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Evidence that Olympic Sponsorship Can Work

Harvard Business Review

And, while LOCOG (the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games) had great success in achieving its target of £700m in sponsorship revenues, it's also true that many brands didn't pay the asking price — even those that were keen to be persuaded — because they couldn't make a robust enough business case. Initial Findings.

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