Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Place ad in an unusual venue, attend a political events, support a new cultural organization, or even be friendly at the Health Club. It is like the company who commissions a color brochure but has no budget for writing, photographs, or design. Metaphors from nature, sports, and travel are very useful to generate repurposed solutions.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Not just those under attack for ethical lapses, accounting problems, or excessive compensation – retired college presidents are the latest to join corporate executives in the latter category. This time his problem is not politics; it is management. There are an awful lot of leaders in trouble these days. As the world now knows, U.S.

Management 8

Management Real Estate Information Technology Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Zeitgeist, German for "spirit of the time," is the complex interplay of economic, technological, political, and social forces that can determine which ideas will flop and which will fly in a particular moment. At this point the idea may have little budget, management support, or visibility within the company. How Ethical Are You?

Prahalad 15

Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Leadership 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2013

A company''s budgeting process is not only designed to prioritize where money is to be spent but also to remove the fear of spending it. The bad news is that a salesperson may have worked on a deal for most of the year only to find out that it was never truly budgeted.

Stress 8

Stress Uncertainty Committee Loyalty 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Criticizing others may be cloaked as a subtle or even polite dialog. Ethics and standards… those are for chumps. Some people and organizations go to great extremes to place spins, rationalize or save face. Often, sweeping generalizations involve making far-fetched excuses or scapegoating someone else. Interest rates are too high.

Budgeting 77

Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 77

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2015

In research by Frances Milliken of New York University and two colleagues, the majority of 40 employees at knowledge companies reported having concerns about such issues as workflow improvement and ethics — but not speaking up about these issues to their supervisors. It was absolutely worth the risk and vulnerability of asking.”

Influence 8

Influence Participative Compliance Incentives 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Curiously, that charity has been clouded by public investigations of questionable ethics and dubious fund-raising practices. They pay great sums to so-called ‘political consultants’ but will not consider asking CEOs and seasoned business executives for meaningful policy advice. Politics and hidden agendas are everywhere.

Committee 52

Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 52

Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2011

Political fund raising. Organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, longterm growth. Questions to ask the organization… basis for budgeting. Takes Futurism out of the esoteric and into cohesive applicability. Converts learning to knowledge…and knowledge to wisdom. Sales or marketing support. Philosophy.

Strategic Planning 69

Strategic Planning Benchmarking Long-term Consultative 69

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2012

Repairing ethically wrong actions. Handle in Politically Correct Terms. The Big Picture of Business – Planning and Budgeting in Downsized Times. Disasters due to employee carelessness, safety violations, oversights, etc. Factors outside your company that still impede your ability to do business. Recovery and Restoration.

Planning 50

Planning Consultative Learning-by-Doing Cost 50

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Does It Pay to Be Ethical? No development budget? PDF: Special Report on Business Ethics: Moral Philosophy via @whartonknows. How biases, politics and egos trump good strategy via @McKinsey. Reducing Tension: The Power of “Help Me Understand” by @EricTorrence83. by @FSonnenberg. How Healthy Is Your Organization's Culture?

McKinsey 162

McKinsey Ethics Learning-by-Doing Budgeting 162

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Political analyst George Lakoff, notably in his book Don’t Think of an Elephant! , ” A critical first step is to understand the different mental and political frames currently in play. Challenges of this frame : Design is crucial, but market acceptance will depend on economics and politics. The Moral Frame.

Morale 8

Morale EPS Supply Chain Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

” In the real world, however, limited budgets force organizations to be much more selective, which explains the growing interest in high potential (HiPo) identification. It is easily identified as work ethic and ambition — an ability to remain dissatisfied with one’s achievements.

Emotional Intelligence 8

Emotional Intelligence Skills Motivation ROI 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

With deep roots and broad networks in their communities, these leaders mobilize diverse resources and optimize EFE's operations in specific labor, economic, political, and social contexts. Find ethical, networked leaders at the local level. Local legitimacy leads to resiliency. At EFE, support hubs in the U.S.

Franchising 8

Franchising Uncertainty NGO Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Conflicts over federal government spending have been a defining feature of 21st-century American politics. In a paper recently published in American Politics Research, we document and analyze this phenomenon, which we call the federal spending paradox. that rely more heavily on federal money. that rely more heavily on federal money.

Politics 12

Politics Cooper Influence Insurance 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2011

This may not be exactly how it looks from Washington, where the battle over raising the debt ceiling is all about budget priorities and political optics. government is currently toying with the possibility of reneging on its promises, even though it has the resources to honor them.

GDP 13

GDP Politics Long-term Power 13