N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A formidable board delineates clear expectations and periodically reviews the performance of the CEO and other apex leaders. Moreover, the board’s critical role extends to risk management, ensuring robust processes are in place to identify, assess, and mitigate risks, bolstering the organization’s success trajectory.

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Succession Ethics Diversity Objective 410

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 28, 2022

This includes being too kind and not managing conflict. While no board member should strive to stir conflict or dissention, pretending to agree just to “get along” isn’t helpful to the organization. This could be with the CEO or with someone in a less visible position. Unhealthy personal interests.

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Conflict of Interest Long-term Learning-by-Doing Edmondson 55

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Is there a process in place for cultivating, identifying, and appointing not just this CEO, but the one after that? By tackling the job in partnership with a still-effective chief executive, the board leader can help root the process deeply in the company’s management development, preventing succession from becoming an event-driven crisis.

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CEO Tips Long-term Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Harvard Business Review interviewed the CEOs and other business leaders who signed up to the Future Economy Project, our initiative spotlighting businesses’ sustainability agendas. We need tools to assess progress for external stakeholders, consumers, and managers. Future Economy. Future Thinking. That needs to change.

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Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

The secret isn't rocket science — it's a full-time commitment to the art and science of project management. PMI's Pulse of the Profession Survey shows that more than two-thirds of project-based organizations have created a dedicated Project Management Office to lead such efforts. Connecting to the Strategic Vision.

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Project Survey Budgeting Conflict of Interest 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

The secret isn't rocket science — it's a full-time commitment to the art and science of project management. PMI's Pulse of the Profession Survey shows that more than two-thirds of project-based organizations have created a dedicated Project Management Office to lead such efforts. Connecting to the Strategic Vision.

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Project Survey Budgeting Conflict of Interest 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

You have to approach these problems as a manager and do the best analysis you can, including hard-headed financial analysis. Imagine, for example, that you’re a pharmaceutical CEO deciding whether to recall a new drug. But perhaps managers have no choice. How should you make this decision?

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ROI Long-term Conflict of Interest Pharmaceuticals 8