Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Examining the Cracks in the Ceiling: A Survey of Corporate Diversity Practices of the S&P 100 shows that out of the 100 CEOs represented in the survey, 92 were Caucasian males. We are very concerned about the fact that women and minorities continue to be under-represented at the highest levels of management,” said Barbara J.

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Diversity Newsletter Long-term Execution 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2016

Basically, a handful of asset management firms have become the most powerful shareholders of the nation’s largest banks. This collective flood of individual investment has turned asset management companies into ginormous shareholders. BlackRock alone manages about $4.7 trillion in assets.

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Banking Hedge Asset Management Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

This week, CEOs and world leaders met at the UN to talk climate. The CEO leaders of the parade, like Richard Branson and Unilever’s Paul Polman, took the stage at The Climate Group’s climate week launch event in New York on Monday. At the same time, the cost of renewable energy has dropped very far, very fast.

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IRR Energy Tips Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

CEOs live in fear of activist hedge funds, and politicians worry about their effects on workers. Since the global financial crisis, a new wave of “constructive,” or friendly, activists (typically referred to as engagement funds) has tackled the same corporate governance issues, but with an explicitly low-key, humbler approach.

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ROE Construction Hedge Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

As a recent example, a simple background check would have saved the Yahoo board the trouble of ousting Scott Thompson , the company's fourth CEO in five years, because he falsely claimed a computer science degree. MORE ON MANAGING RISKY BEHAVIORS. Manage Risk Like a Royal Marine. Set clear policies. What's Your Risk Attitude?

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Management Banking Committee Risk Management 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Ghosn was recently arrested for financial misconduct, fired from his position as Nissan’s board chairman, and criticized by Nissan’s Japanese CEO for accumulating too much power. His discretion undermined the connection between company performance and CEO pay that investors want to see.

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Committee Chief Financial Officer Document Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2018

The market size for responsible investment is large and growing, with some of the largest asset managers like BlackRock , State Street Global Advisors , and Vanguard responding to demand by opening ESG-themed funds in recent years. A main explanation is that, as always, they are following the money.

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Hedge Long-term Short-term Letter 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

One representative example: April’s Education Innovation Summit , where more than 2,000 people energetically discussed how technology and markets are charting the future of education globally. Institutions have been raising tuition just to keep the lights on. They’re quite good at it, on the whole.

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Real Estate Education Disruptive Innovation Asset Management 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

It may seem counterintuitive, but smart companies need to routinely rid themselves of less profitable customers, the same way an asset manager or rebalances an investment portfolio or a Major League Baseball general manager trades a declining player. So how does one take full advantage of a 'window to winnow'?

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P&L Supply Chain Retail Price 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

In 2016, socially responsible investing made up more than one out of every four invested dollars under professional management. ” When we talk with corporate executives around the country, they almost always ask the same question: Can managers and CEOs really accomplish their business goals while also advancing society’s goals?

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Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs. Critical Contractors.

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McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

The global financial markets are an extraordinary information processing engine. Nothing beats the tracking mechanism of stock prices when it comes to quantifying the constant push-and-pull of thousands and thousands of investors and managers, pursuing and acting upon different strategies.

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Marketing Power Short-term Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

I was meeting with a client last week, the CEO of a global asset management firm. At the end of our conversation, he asked me what feedback I had for him about his organization.

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Organization How To Cialdini Schein 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The ongoing failure of policy at a global level (with the important exceptions of some successes/workarounds such as new mileage targets for cars and trucks and a carbon tax in Australia ). The best analysis of the resource scarcity mega-trend came from asset manager Jeremy Grantham. Right now, the U.S.

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Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2017

Executives of the “old economy” are certainly aware of their own vulnerability, as they witness the impact of Uber on the taxi industry, Airbnb on hospitality, and automated asset management on financial services. We are seeing early hints of the possibilities among automotive OEMs.

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Innovation Productivity Products Venture Capitalist 10

HR Digest

MAY 23, 2023

James Morton, chief investment officer at Santa Lucia Asset Management, recently said that Americans should brace themselves for a near certain recession this year, despite recent optimism from the Biden administration. but globally , though many experts remain hopeful it will not be too severe.

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Marketing Ryan Sharpe Asset Management 52

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Some parts of the agenda — eco-efficiency and resource conservation for example — are widely accepted now, and it's rare to find a big-company CEO who doesn't have sustainability on his or her radar. After Sandy raged across the eastern coast, Businessweek blared on its cover " It's Global Warming, Stupid."

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Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 8