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Dealing with Change as Your Company Grows

Strategy Driven

Perhaps the technology team want to spend more time developing an upgrade to your product, but the finance team insist the money is better spent elsewhere. As your company grows, many of the systems and procedures you had in place in the early days will no longer be effective and may even begin holding you back. Add by subtracting.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

She has held roles of increasing seniority including VP and Senior Business Partner, leading Human Resources for the North America Geography, Global Product Creation (Footwear, Apparel and Equipment), Global Finance and NIKE, Inc. Affiliates. Hoffmann-La Roche.

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How to Fix Financial Capitalism? Focus on Ethics

Harvard Business Review

These were among the questions addressed at a luncheon in New York convened by CFA Institute President John Rogers with financial industry leaders that included representatives from private and not-for-profit asset managers, public pension funds, insurance companies, and diversified financial services firms.

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8 Ways Machine Learning Is Improving Companies’ Work Processes

Harvard Business Review

Automating finance. This lets organizations reduce the amount of work outsourced to service centers and frees up finance staff to focus on strategic tasks. Drone- and satellite-based asset management. Consider appointing a chief data officer to ensure that data is being properly managed as a corporate asset.

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Sustainability in Financial Services Is Not About Being Green

Harvard Business Review

Since no one can know what the source of the next systemic financial crisis will be, regulation can only do so much. Examples of governance performance include management of the legal and regulatory environment, systemic risk management, and managing conflicts. Finance Sustainability SASB'

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Spain Is Now Making Ireland's Mistakes

Harvard Business Review

Just like Ireland, Spain had a credit boom financed mostly with external debt, which meant that the balance sheets of their banks are now stuffed with bad debts as asset values collapse. In Ireland a National Asset Management Agency was formed to cleanse private banks' balance sheets and disburse the bad loans over a longer period.

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How Companies, Governments, and Nonprofits Can Create Social Change Together

Harvard Business Review

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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