The Practical Leader

JANUARY 23, 2012

It’s based on calculating scores for Good Employer (from Glassdoor.com), Good Seller (wRatings using customer evaluations of quality, fair price, and trust), and Good Steward (environment, penalties/fines, CEO compensation, use of tax havens, and society/community contributions). About 25 companies were rated “high.”

Company 53

Company Parcell Books Review 53

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

BL: A misconception: Dealing with funds providers is part and parcel of running the company. The situation improved recently with the accounting recognition of a stock option expense, which clarified to directors that options are not costless, and with the general lengthening of the options' vesting period (incenting long-term orientation).

Short-term 12

Short-term Long-term Parcell Incentives 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

From our analysis of a number of core shifts and conversations with the CEOs who have undertaken them, we have drawn five keys to success: 1. Accordingly, it has systematically published figures about the evolution of its business portfolio in terms of sales by segment (e.g., Acquisitions are part and parcel of a transformation.

Company 8

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Why stock prices do what they do over the short term is an enduring mystery , and I’m not going to claim to solve it here. For example, if you sell a service that you’ll be delivering for the next twelve months, the costs and revenues are supposed to be parceled out over those twelve months, regardless of when the cash changes hands.

Retail 17

Retail Finance Parcell Depreciation 17

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

The chart may appear to show merely that Cisco’s patent filings lagged its R&D spending by three years, but in fact the decline in spending and the rise in patents were part and parcel of a deliberate strategic shift by the company in 2001. So what was going on?

Innovation 8

Innovation Parcell Wireless Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2012

There have been national controversies where nearly everyone involved was pursuing a short-sighted agenda yet eventually supported a long-term solution that benefited all sides. They included seven environmental leaders, six corporate CEOs and five senior federal officials weary of their costly battles. How was this possible?

Politics 10

Politics System Policies Parcell 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

From time to time, the basis of competition in an industry shifts so dramatically that shifting with it requires a new long-term vision that calls for the organization to do things it never would have done in the past. Connecting Three Different Business Portfolios.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8