Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Their failure to choose the right CEO and to provide appropriate oversight on core risks and opportunities has, in my view, reflected a broad failure of the corporate governance movement and its reliance on directors to effectively to oversee the corporation and its business leaders.

Corporate Accountability 8

Corporate Accountability CEO Long-term Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2012

But things can get a bit trickier if your customer service rep is also your CEO — and if he or she is attempting remedy the problem in a very public way. Murdoch is a rarity among Fortune 500 CEOs. But an IBM survey of 1,709 CEOs found that, while only 16% use social media, the number is expected to grow to 57% in five years.

Media 8

Media CEO Brand Corporate Accountability 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

The pay for CEOs is many multiples of the companies' average pay today — e.g. 63 times at BP and 74 times at Barclays (four or five times greater than 30 years ago). CEOs may be as much as 300 times the average pay today. The multiple for U.S. customer satisfaction, risk audits, adherence to company ethics).

Politics 14

Politics Execution Report Risk Management 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2017

When I was in graduate school, I once heard Bill George tell a story about how he’d highlight both patients and employees at the Medtronic annual meeting when he was CEO. Corporate accountants can connect themselves mentally to the larger work of their organizations and take pride and purpose in the customers they help.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Corporate Accountability Article Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

boss, Ina Drew , the former head of their unit in of the bank's, the Chief Investment Office (CIO); and CEO Jamie Dimon, to whom the CIO reported who oversaw the CIO. Although the media has spoken loosely about a company "clawing back" pay, there are, in fact, different ways to hold responsible individuals to financial account.

CIO 8

CIO Committee Risk Management Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

Heins, the new CEO of Research in Motion (RIM), has been plucked from the company's relatively obscure COO position to fill the giant shoes of two longtime co-CEOs as they depart at the behest of angry investors. Perhaps Thorsten Heins has longed to run a big, public company. But probably the dream didn't look like this.

Strategy 15

Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

This idea infused platforms like the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), influencing corporate accounting, stakeholder engagement and, increasingly, strategy. But the TBL wasn’t designed to be just an accounting tool.

TBL 11

TBL Bottom-up Long-term Early Adopters 11